Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People" by Gilbert Parker
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She was watching a little knot of horsemen coming over a swell of the prairie far off. She withdrew her eyes and fixed them on Pierre. "Do you throw your life away if you do what is the only thing you are told to do?" She placed her hand on her heart--that had been her one guide. Pierre got to his feet, came over, and touched her on the shoulder. "You have the great secret," he said quietly. "The thing may be all wrong to others, but if it's right to yourself--that's it--mais oui! If he comes," he added "if he comes back, think of him as well as Marcey. Marcey is sleeping--what does it matter? If he is awake, he has better times, for he was a man to make another world sociable. Think of Laforce, for he has his life to live, and he is a man to make this world sociable. 'The Scarlet Hunter is sick for home-- (Why should the door be shut?)'" Her eyes had been following the group of horsemen on the plains. She again fixed them on Pierre, and stood up. "It is a beautiful legend--that," she said. "But?--but?" he asked. She would not answer him. "You will come again," she said; "you will--help me?" |
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