19/23 Thet's why I don't propose to let on anything about you till to-morrow." "To-morrow will do," she said, still smiling, but with a singular abstraction in her face. You say there is another sentinel beyond. He is enough to warn them of any approach from the trail. I'm tired and ill--very ill! Sit by me here, Seth, and wait! We can wait here together--we have waited so long, Seth,--and the end has come now." She suddenly lapsed against the tree, and slipped in a sitting posture to the ground. |