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"Yes, indeed; indeed, it isto be brave

and hopeful My ring I ht a white satin ribbon to tie it round my neck; it shall always

be there until you take it off, and place it on ain"

"And you will keep our secret until I return, darling?"

"Yes," said Valive

me leave to reveal it"

"We o, I will not keep you back"

There was a long, passionate eain to her nest

"Good-bye and good-bye, darling, and farewell until we ain"

"Leave me here, Cardo Good-bye, dearest husband!"

And so they parted, and, in theyear

the sound of the Berwen held a place, and the flap of the white owl's

wings brought back to Valether in a strange tumult Slowly she made her way up the path to

Dinas, the scarlet cloak was taken out from the bush under which it had

been hidden, and, enveloped in its folds, she entered the house Going

up to her own roo

it carefully, laid it aith its bunch of jessamine, while she

donned another much like it, but of a warmer material, for she loved

white, and seldom appeared in a coloured dress