Lena's Rainbow

"My dear," said the gypsy queen gazing at Lena''s palm, "I see many troubles in the past. I see powerful upheavals. I see death. Terrible scenes of death."

By now Lena was trembling in fear. Was her own death written in her palm? The queen continued. "Wait! There is something else! Yes, I see a rainbow. The rainbow stretches over a great body of water. You are sliding down the rainbow into the - - ...