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The two sat very quiet His mind, in a sort of trance, seeue He held the child close to hi, went down

her limbs He held her closer Gradually she relaxed, the

eyelids began to sink over her dark, watchful eyes As she sank

to sleep, his mind became blank

When he ca in

a ti for? He seemed to be

listening for so way off, froo back to her The child was

asleep, the eyelids not quite shut, showing a slight film of

black pupil between Why did she not shut her eyes? Her mouth

was also a little open

He rose quickly and went back to the house

"Is she asleep?" whispered Tilly

He nodded The servant-woman came to look at the child who

slept in the shaith cheeks flushed hot and red, and a

whiteness, a wanness round the eyes

"God-a- her head

He pushed off his boots and went upstairs with the child He

becaht at his heart, because

of his wife But he remained still The house was silent save

for the wind outside, and the noisy trickling and splattering of