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He see too, and then the valley seeood to be alone with

Emmeline sat down amidst the fears just at his base When one was close up to hireat stone which cast a shadow in the sun

Dick threw himself down also to rest Then he rose up and went off a his basket

Since he had seen the schooner, the white eneral appearance of freedom and speed and unknown adventure, he had been lum and restless

Perhaps he connected her in his mind with the far-away vision of the Northumberland, and the idea of other places and lands, and the yearning for change [that] the idea of them inspired

He caave soirl and sat down beside her When she had finished eating the the basket and held it in her hands She was bending it in the form of a bohen it slipped, flew out and struck her companion a sharp blow on the side of his face

Almost on the instant he turned and slapped her on the shoulder She stared at him for a moment in troubled amazement, a sob came in her throat Then some veil seemed lifted, some wizard's wand stretched out, some mysterious vial broken As she looked at him like that, he suddenly and fiercely clasped her in his arms He held her like this for awhat to do with her Then her lips told him, for they met his in an endless kiss