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Next morning Captain Rothesay and his wife sat together by the fireside, where she had so often sat alone. Sybilla seemed in high spirits -- her love was ever exuberant in expression -- and the moment her husband seemed serious she sprang on his knee and looked playfully in his face.
"Just as much a child as ever, I see," said Angus Rothesay, with a rather wintry smile.