The Discovered Country

I felt myself supported by an angel, a form on either side of me. The angel seemed to be moving with considerable swiftness, supporting and half carrying me beneath my arms. I felt currents of air strike my face like the dash of cool, soft spray, and my eyes flew wide open. My first thought was one of questioning curiosity and I turned my gaze full upon the form at my right and then to the one on my left. The angel did not appear to be looking at me, or taking notice of my questioning gaze, but was looking straight ahead with eyes turned a little upward, and I found that we were moving forward, always inclining upward, not in a perpendicular line. I cast my eyes downward and I saw the dark shadow of a vast globe which was fast receding from my view. I experienced a sensation of great relief as it disappeared entirely from my sight, a great joy filled me, for I now knew that I was immortal.