light and the sound of laughter; there were other doors also, black as

though fashioned of coal, and through them came darkness and the

sounds of groans. I saw also that in front of the doors was set a

seat, and on the seat was the figure of a glorious woman. She was

tall, and she alone was white, and clad in robes of white, and her

hair was like gold which is molten in the fire, and her face shone

like the midday sun. Then I saw that those who came up out of the

river stood before the woman, the water yet running from them, and