Excerpt from The Dome, Vol. 2: An Illustrated Magazine and Review of Literature, Music, Architecture, and the Graphic Arts; Containing the Numbers for January, February, and March, 1899 Clara jane came quietly behind and began stirring a bucket containing the cream -coloured flesh of angels. Presently the priest looked down, preparatory to taking a fresh dip. You, child he said in peaceable accents. She looked up till she felt she had his mind in her leading; then she moved her face up and down three times, slowly and emphatically, conjuring remembrance to his brain. Previous commissions dawned on his recollection. He let his brush fall, from sudden dismay, into the wrong bucket, where it sent blue veins radiating over a cream-coloured surface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.