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A head appeared at the oht was behind,

within the rooan could not see the face But the shape of

the head, its gracious poise upon the young shoulders, the curve of the

neck, the bright hair drawn backwards froan could not mistake They had been present before his eyes these

many months The head at the open as the head of the Princess

Wogan felt a thrill run through his blood To a lover the sight of his

h he foreknows the very moment of

her coht of his Queen had the like effect He had

not seen her since he had left Ohlau two years before with her proh for this he had lived

and worked up early and down late for so long, athat

he should see her now

She leaned forward and peered doards into the lane The light

streaan could see the snow

fall upon her dark hair and whiten it; it fell, too, upon her neck, but

that it could not whiten She leaned out into the darkness, and Wogan

set foot again upon the lo-sill At the same moment another

head appeared beside Cle out, a cry of

terror Then both heads disappeared, and a heavy curtain swung across