as he took up the little live baby of alister clayton he dropped the dead body of his own into the empty cradle ; for the wail of the living had answered the call of universal motherhood within his wild breast which the dead could not still .
As he took up the little, live, young adult of Alister Clayton, he dropped the dead body of his own into the empty cradle. The wail of the living had answered the call of universal motherhood within his wild breast which the dead could not still.