When the muscles of the heart cease to act, the refluent blood again distends or elongates them; and thus irritated they contract as before.

One of the most pervasive of these images is that of a great enshadowing tree which is personified, a great mother who binds all living things together in the manifold embrace of her leaves and branches.

Fascinating though this high-minded re-reading was, certain crucial joints of the play creaked a good deal under the strain.

This story is dedicated to my father-in-law, Robert F. Sawyer, who at 78 years of age can still out run, out hike, out ski, out work and out think just about everybody else out there.