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A Cry in the Night

           "IhopeImay,"saidRobert,blushingwithfilialandsacredpride.

           "ButhowshallwerequiteLordandLadyGlenarvan?"saidMaryGrant.

           "Oh,thatwillnotbedifficult,"repliedRobert,withboyishconfidence."Wewillloveandreverethem,andwewilltellthemso;andwewillgivethemplentyofkisses,andsomeday,whenwecangetthechance,wewilldieforthem."

           "We’llliveforthem,onthecontrary,"repliedtheyounggirl,coveringherbrother’sforeheadwithkisses."Theywilllikethatbetter,andsoshallI."

           Thetwochildrenthenrelapsedintosilence,gazingoutintothedarknight,andgivingwaytolongreveries,interruptedoccasionallybyaquestionorremarkfromonetotheother.Alongswellundulatedthesurfaceofthecalmsea,andthescrewturnedupaluminousfurrowinthedarkness.

           Astrangeandaltogethersupernaturalincidentnowoccurred.Thebrotherandsister,bysomeofthosemagneticcommunicationswhichlinksoulsmysteriouslytogether,werethesubjectsatthesametimeandthesameinstantofthesamehallucination.

           Outofthemidstofthesewaves,withtheiralternationsoflightandshadow,adeepplaintivevoicesentupacry,thetonesofwhichthrilledthrougheveryfiberoftheirbeing.

           "Come!come!"werethewordswhichfellontheirears.

           Theybothstartedupandleanedovertherailing,andpeeredintothegloomwithquestioningeyes.

           "Mary,youheardthat?Youheardthat?"criedRobert.

           Buttheysawnothingbutthelongshadowthatstretchedbeforethem.

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