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"Yes, miss fâch, and Jackie will drive you safe; but, indeed, there's

long time sinceyou! You never come to see us now, and there's

e as on the island, I can

tell you"

"Yes, indeed, I know, and I thank you all," said Valain into the sunshine

The sailors were gone now, and she was free to olden sands so often trodden by her and Cardo

Every boulder, every sandy nook, every wave that broke, brought its own

sad memories

She turned up the path by the Berhich led to the old church,

carefully avoiding even a glance at the tangled path on the other side

of the river, which she and Cardo had made their own

Pale and dry-eyed, she pressed her hands on her boso within Every step that brought her nearer to the

old church increased the dull aching that weighed her down; but still

she pressed on, longing, yet dreading, to see the spot on which she and

Cardo hadwhich seeo

As she entered the porch, she disturbed the white oho es, and sailed across the Berwen

The wor the aisle

with light footsteps, she approached the altar rails The light was