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Joris and Lysbet talked it over together "Cohen told ood-by He said, 'He is a very

honourable younghis life' Then I asked him in what ship he was to

sail, and he said 'The Dauntless' She left her

between nine and ten She carries troops to Kingston, Captain Earle in

coh"

Lysbet drew her lips tight, and said nothing The last shadow of her own

dreaht At that

hour she hated Hyde; and, after Joris had gone, she said in low, angry

tones, over and over, as she folded the freshly ironed linen, "I wish

that Neil had killed hiirl opened her door at once to her There was nothing to be said, no

hope to offer Joris had seen Hyde embark; he had heard Mrs Gordon and

the colonel bid him farewell Several of his brother officers, also, and

the privates of his own troop, had been on the dock to see him sail His

departure was beyond dispute

And even while she looked at the woeful young face before her, the

sorrows that would spring froreat one,--the shame and mortification the mockery of those who