Woman As She Should Be - or, Agnes Wiltshire by Mary E. Herbert
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are to embark, as soon as you are safely off, in another, but as both
will steer for the same shore, and keep near each other as much as possible, I trust, by the mercy of Providence, we shall meet again on =terra firma=. "Yes," responded the minister, who had been for a moment silent, and his clear voice sounded like the spirit of peace above the roaring flames and raging billows, "we are steering, I trust, for the same shore, and should we never meet again on earth, may it be our happy lot to greet each other in the haven of eternal rest, haven to take the shipwrecked in." Agnes's heart was for a moment too full to speak, but controlling herself, she said to Mr. Cameron in a hurried whisper, "If anything should happen to me, and you again behold my friends, tell them, oh, tell them, that my last thoughts were for them; tell them not to lament for me, for I shall be at rest, but, oh, I charge, I implore them to meet me in heaven!" A burst of tears closed the sentence; she could no longer restrain her feelings. "We must leave you now, my dear child," said Mr. Cameron, after promising compliance with her request. "May heaven bless and help you." "And may He who holds the winds and the waves in the hollow of his hand, preserve you, and all, through the hours of this terrible night," was the solemn ejaculation of Mr. Dunseer, as pressing for the last time her hand, the final order was given, the boat pushed out from the side of the burning vessel, and she was left in the midst of strangers; |
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