TYLTYL
How beautiful it is!... And what lovely weather!... It is just like
midsummer.... Hullo! It looks as though people were coming to talk to
us....
(_The halls begin to fill with angel forms that seem to be emerging from
a long slumber and glide harmoniously between the columns. They are clad
in shimmering dresses, of soft and subtle shades; rose-awakening,
water's-smile, amber-dew, blue-of-dawn, etc_.)
LIGHT
Here come some amiable and curious Joys who will direct us....
TYLTYL
Do you know them?...
LIGHT
Yes, I know them all; I often come to them, without their knowing who I
am....
TYLTYL
Oh, what a lot of them there are!... They are crowding from every side!
LIGHT
There were many more of them once. The Luxuries have done them great harm.
TYLTYL
No matter, there are a good few of them left....
LIGHT
You will see plenty of others, as the influence of the diamond spreads
through the halls.... There are many more Happinesses on Earth than people
think; but the generality of men do not discover them....
TYLTYL
Here are some little ones: let us run and meet them....
LIGHT
It is unnecessary: those which interest us will pass this way.
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