The Doves' Nest and Other Stories
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The barriers were down. I had been all my life a little outcast; but until that moment no one had " accepted " me; I had lain in the cupboard—or the cave forlorn. But now I was taken, I was accepted, claimed. I did not consciously turn away from the world of human beings; I had never known it; but I from that night did beyond words consciously turn towards my silent brothers...