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"What foolishness, Willie!"

"'Deed, sir, it is just an invite tothe kirk into the

boats There's naething so unlucky around thes"

Allan laughed; he could not help laughing, he was so happy Maggie was

growing nearer to hiain upon

the sea, to feel the fresh wind blowing through his hair, and the cradling

they arrived at

Pittenloch There was the brown pier, and the blue water, and the spaces of

yellow sand, and the sea-weed and tangle all populous with birds whose

shrill cries filled the air There were the white cottages, and theoff to the boats and the wo thee It was closed and Allan was disappointed

Surely Maggie should have felt hi Every moment as he went toward

it, he expected the door to open, and a sense of unkindness was chilling

his heart, when he heard a swift, light step behind hiie She had the dew of the sea on her face, her cheeks

were like a rose, pink and wet before sunrise Her eyes had a glint as of

thewith her surprise