We arrived in the golden autumn. We drove up through the russet leaves to the great house and descended lightly to the dew-drenched earth. Celia darted on ahead of me, her pale body a diaphanous flowing. I moved more slowly, my thoughts like muted chimes as I pondered the meaning of what had happened within the high, dark walls of the house. For the first time on Earth a human child had been born who could summon us! He was eight years old now, but wise beyond his years and he had summoned us de