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HOW CLARE WAITED. lOl<br />

Tier punishment, and his own right, as <strong>her</strong><br />

lord and ruler, to mete it out, he had never<br />

entertained a doubt. It was over ; she was<br />

gone. He wished that he had gone with<br />

<strong>her</strong>, but if it was not so ordained, what was<br />

t<strong>her</strong>e for him but submission to the will<br />

that allotted him his work, and said he must<br />

remain <strong>her</strong>e to finish it ? Slowly, heavily-<br />

such thoughts passed through his mind, as<br />

thoughts pass through all minds when en-,<br />

feebled by great illness, and then he lost<br />

them altoget<strong>her</strong>, and lapsed into utter<br />

forgetfulness, letting the days and weeks<br />

go by one after the ot<strong>her</strong>, while it was just<br />

a question to Mr. Harben, whet<strong>her</strong> he<br />

would ever know what time was again,<br />

but would not rat<strong>her</strong> lie t<strong>her</strong>e—stranded<br />

on Eternity.<br />

Clare did <strong>her</strong> part by him. Mr. Harben<br />

said he had rarely met with so good a<br />

nurse. Whatever Clare undertook to do,<br />

she did with a certain deft dexterity that

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