The Wives of the Dead - (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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her sealed eyelids, struggled forth like incense from the whole
countenance. "My poor sister! you will waken too soon from that happy dream," thought Mary. Before retiring, she set down the lamp, and endeavored to arrange the bedclothes so that the chill air might not do harm to the feverish slumberer. But her hand trembled against Margaret's neck, a tear also fell upon her cheek, and she suddenly awoke. |
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