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She looked upon him with an almost smile / And held to him a hand that faltered not. / She did not sigh, she never said "Alas! " / Although he was her friend. / -- JEAN INGELOW.
The town of Gretz stands upon a hill, and there was something very exhilarating in the wild way in which the "troika" (team of three horses) dashed down into the plains with all its harness bells merrily ringing.