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After a last thought consecrated to the past they quitted the lost sailors' gulf. At the place pointed out by Barbet, Silvere left the anchor, made fast to a float, as a guide for the future. At last the boat headed for home. But the wind was against them, and they made so little progress that they soon had to give up the idea of entering on the day tide.
Elise saw this before Silvere told her. What difference did it make? She had regained her hope in the future, and, in the reaction from her past sufferings, was thoroughly happy. Leaning toward Silvere she looked at him so gratefully that the young man could not contain his emotion: