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I was kneeling by her,her head, when she opened her eyes, and fastened them, full of wonder to her, she made a little movement, as if to free herself I was too excited then to heed it, and continued to support her head She did not repeat the nedly against ht, these few minutes could be expanded into an eternity, it would berapidly now and soon raised herself into a sitting posture, saying, in very good English, "I think I can stand now, Sahib" I gave her my arm and assisted her to her feet Her hand closed uponat arments, she said simply: "You have been in the water, Sahib, and it is to you I owe et your kindness" She raised her eyes to aze for a moment, as she spoke We are told that the eye is incapable of any expression save that lent it by the lids and brow,--that the eyeball itself, apart fro froe whatsoever This may be so, but, without any noticeable moveht that this young girl's soul and mine were threaded upon the same cord of destiny My emotion so overpowered me that I could not speak, and when irl had vanished

Froed into the abyss of despair I had let her go without a word I did not even know her naht her to myself fro the half-million inhabitants of Boer if he knew her, but he had never seen her before All my other inquiries proved equally fruitless I wondered if she knew that I loved her, but hardly dared to hope she had been able to correctly interpretto do If I did not know her name, neither did she know mine, and so if she desired a further acquaintance, she, likeIf she had detected my admiration for her she ain Where would she be most likely to expect me to look for her? Clearly at the same place we had ht naturally think my duties called me there daily at that hour I determined to be there at the same time the next day