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"And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds. " SWINBURNE.
When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder. Some one, bending over her -- could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head? -- was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.