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Chapter 42

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           Theoldmanrosefromhisbed:hisforeheadbedewedwiththecoldsweatoffear:and,bendingbeforethechildasifshehadbeenanangelmessengersenttoleadhimwhereshewould,madereadytofollowher.Shetookhimbythehandandledhimon.Astheypassedthedooroftheroomhehadproposedtorob,sheshudderedandlookedupintohisface.Whatawhitefacewasthat,andwithwhatalookdidhemeethers!

           Shetookhimtoherownchamber,and,stillholdinghimbythehandasifshefearedtolosehimforaninstant,gatheredtogetherthelittlestockshehad,andhungherbasketonherarm.Theoldmantookhiswalletfromherhandsandstrappeditonhisshouldershisstaff,too,shehadbroughtawayandthensheledhimforth.

           Throughthestraitstreets,andnarrowcrookedoutskirts,theirtremblingfeetpassedquickly.Upthesteephilltoo,crownedbytheoldgreycastle,theytoiledwithrapidsteps,andhadnotoncelookedbehind.

           Butastheydrewnearertheruinedwalls,themoonroseinallhergentleglory,and,fromtheirvenerableage,garlandedwithivy,moss,andwavinggrass,thechildlookedbackuponthesleepingtown,deepinthevalley’sshade:andonthefar-offriverwithitswindingtrackoflight:andonthedistanthills;andasshedidso,sheclaspedthehandsheheld,lessfirmly,andburstingintotears,fellupontheoldman’sneck.

           

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