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CHECKMATE. 307<br />

husband had conveyed <strong>her</strong>, afraid to move<br />

lest she should perish by his hand, and pre-<br />

paring to wait and meet <strong>her</strong> death through<br />

the incoming <strong>of</strong> the tide ; but at last she<br />

thought she heard him fall—she listened<br />

—<br />

spoke to him and received no answer.<br />

After a while she took courage, and, wading<br />

through the water, found <strong>her</strong> way at last to<br />

the stairs, and felt <strong>her</strong> husband extended<br />

on them. She went upwards, and was sure<br />

that he still Hved, nay, that it was more<br />

than probable that the waters would subside<br />

before they reached the step on which his<br />

head rested—if, indeed, he did not recover<br />

first. She found <strong>her</strong> way out, dripping,<br />

cold, and shivering, and walked on, think-<br />

ing at first only <strong>of</strong> one thing, to leave <strong>her</strong><br />

husband as far behind as possible. She<br />

was possessed with an intense fear <strong>of</strong> him<br />

so intense, that to escape from him was all<br />

she thought <strong>of</strong> She believed at the time<br />

20—2

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