Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 50 - Yillah in Ardair

In which the serene and shadowed glen of Ardair, secluded by ancient cliffs, harbours the solitary maiden Yillah, whose days are marked by the silent company of a priest, the eerie presence of a phantom, and the mysterious visitation of a strange youth. Tenderly attended by a soul-bearing bird and a sea-shell’s whispered dreams, she is at last guided by the priest to leave her sheltered vale for a journey beyond the confines of her childhood solitude.