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The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 by George MacDonald
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Oh! he's all right, I warrant. Is the wine come?



SCENE IV.--_The inn; a room upstairs_. JULIAN _at the window, half
hidden by the curtain_.

_Julian_.
With what profusion her white fingers spend
Delicate motions on the insensate cloth!
It was so late this morning ere she came!
I fear she has been ill. She looks so pale!
Her beauty is much less, but she more lovely.
Do I not love he? more than when that beauty
Beamed out like starlight, radiating beyond
The confines of her wondrous face and form,
And animated with a present power
Her garment's folds, even to the very hem!

Ha! there is something now: the old woman drest
In her Sunday clothes, and waiting at the door,
As for her husband. Something will follow this.
And here he comes, all in his best like her.
They will be gone a while. Slowly they walk,
With short steps down the street. Now I must wake
The sleeping hunter-eagle in my eyes!



SCENE V.--_A back street. Two_ Servants _with a carriage and pair_.
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