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The first thing that struck Sara Lee was the way she was saying her

nightly prayers in all sorts of odd places In trains and in hotels and,

after sufficient interval, in the steamer She prayed under these novel

circuood over

there, and to be forgiven for hurting Harvey She did this every night,

and then got into her narrow bed and studied French nouns--because she

had decided that there was no time for verbs--and numbers, which put

her to sleep

"Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq," Sara Lee would begin, and go on, rocking

gently in her berth as the steat-deux, trente, trente-et-un--" Her voice would die away The

book on the floor and Harvey's picture on the tiny table, Sara Lee would

sleep And as the ship tre, and it glistened like a tear

One thing surprised her as she gradually ers She was not alone on her errand Others there were on

board, young and old wooing, as ignorant as she, to help As ignorant, but not so

friendless Most of them were accredited somewhere They had definite

objectives But as anizations were behind theium, and portable hospitals, and millions of dollars, and Red