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The faint voice faltered here, and when it spoke again, it said: "Lift me up, Guy, so I can breathe better while I tell you"

He lifted her up and held her in his arh the open

the suht streamed, and in the distance

was heard the sound of music as the dance went merrily on And just

then, when she was in the entle

knock broke the silence of the rooht entrance to that death-laden and disease-poisoned

room? Not the doctor, surely, for he always entered unannounced, and who

else dared to co to answer the

knock, when to his utter surprise the door opened and a little figure,

clad in airy robes of white, with its bright hair wreathed with flowers

and ge like stars and the

full red lips parted with the smile, half pleased, half shy, which Guy

reme like a bell through the

roo to Daisy's

side, and, taking her by the shoulder, pushed her gently toward the