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When Nance opened her door and saw the figure of a wo

there, she was at first surprised, for the dress struck her at once as

not being that of a peasant

"Nance, fâch! it is I!" said Valmai "You will letto see you all day!

Coet waroing to stay the

night Right glad I am You will have the little bed in the corner

Keep your red cloak on, dear little heart, because the wind is blowing

in cold here at nights, and you have been used to warm rooms I am

well used to cold, and sickness, and discomfort"

"But, Nance--" and then the terrible revelation had to bearirl, and words of comfort and hope hispered into her

ear No reproaches, no cruel taunts here; nothing but the wariveness of a tender pure woman

In the early dahile Valmai still slept, Shoni's "yo-hoy!" was

heard fro his boat Nance

opened her door, and, in the gray of the ht in and safely deposited in the tiny bedroom, which it nearly

filled