Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid
Vermeer girl with the pearl earring
virgin of the rocks
Woman with a Parasol
In desperation Luke tried twisting his aching body, just enough to reach thediscarded lightsaber. But the freezing cold coursing through his body slowed himdown and weakened him. Luke was beginning to resign himself to his fate as heheard the snarling Wampa Ice Creature approaching. His last feelings of hope werenearly gone when he sensed the presence. But it was not the presence of the white giant that dominated this gorge. Rather, it was that soothing spiritual presence which occasionally visited Luke inmoments of stress or danger. The presence that had first come to him only after oldBen, once again in his Jedi role of Obi-wan Kenobi, vanished into a crumple of hisown dark robes after being cut down by Darth Vader's lightsaber. The presence thatwas sometimes like a familiar voice, an almost silent whisper that spoke directly toLuke's mind. "Luke." The whisper was there again, hauntingly. "Think of the lightsaber inyour hand." The words made Luke's already aching head throb. Then he felt a sudden