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She was alone and still, gazing out to sea; and

when she felt his presence and the worship of his

eyes her eyes turned to him in quiet sufferance of

his gaze, without shame or wantonness. Long, long

she suffered his gaze and then quietly withdrew her

eyes from his and bent them towards the stream,

gently stirring the water with her foot hither and

thither. The first faint noise of gently moving water

broke the silence, low and faint and whispering,

faint as the bells of sleep; hither and thither, hither

and thither, and a faint flame trembled on her cheek.

—Heavenly God! cried Stephen's soul, in an

outburst of profane joy.

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