His Other Wife: A Novel — page 277: what you’re looking at

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THE WOLF AND HIS PREY. 269 ‘*You say he is ill?” cried Faith, in alarm, and witha dull sinking of the heart that was to herself inexplicable. ‘“Yes, but.I hope there’s not much amiss with him. He'll be out again shortly.” Faith said nothing, but turned her eyes more wistfully than ever to the white speck on the far horizon. The light was beginning to fade, and she could just discern the object of such vital interest to her. | ‘*Let me take a look at her,” said Valasco, dropping on one knee beside Faith, and putting his eye to the glass. ‘‘How soon did the mate think we might intercept her course?” he asked, while gazing through the telescope. ‘‘He thought about or before midnight,” answered she, timidly, and moving the folds of her dress a little aside from where they swept against the kneeling form of the captain. ‘‘] think it may be sooner, as the wind is now higher than ten minutes ago.” ‘‘Oh! Lhopeso. I hope it so much!” The ejaculation sounded almost like a prayer. Faith had clasped her small hands over her knee, and bent slightly forward, straining her eyes to the westward, where the ship was. The keen breeze lifted and played with her silky hair, and the warmth of the evening had flushed her soft face, and the dark hues of the sea were reflected in her wis! anxious eyes, The bright, fresh lips were slightly apart, and this gave Eomicbooks.¢o =|