And then, for the first time⁠—I saw⁠— it !

The moon path stretched to the horizon and was bordered by darkness. It was as though the clouds above had been parted to form a lane⁠—drawn aside like curtains or as the waters of the Red Sea were held back to let the hosts of Israel through. On each side of the stream was the black shadow cast by the folds of the high canopies. And straight as a road between the opaque walls gleamed, shimmered, and danced the shining, racing, rapids of the moonlight.