Darkness and Dawn

Suddenly Allan caught and crushed her in his arms.

"My wife!" he whispered.

The satin of her skin from breast to brow surged into sudden flame. Her eyes closed and between her eager lips the breath came fast.

"Oh, Allan--husband! I feel--I hear--"

"The voice of the unborn, crying to us from out the dark, 'O father, mother, give us life!'"