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" -- Within some glass, dimmed by our breath, / Our hearts discern wild images of Death, / Shadows and shoals that edge Eternity. " / -- DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI.
The sunrise flashed into their eyes, as the farm-house door closed upon the two men. They went together through the yard, and out at the gate where Bert had so often watched in vain for Millie. Their steps echoed with an unfamiliar ring upon the hard, caked earth at this unwonted hour of stark, raw dawn. The sight of the well gave Bert a twinge as he passed it.