His Other Wife: A Novel — page 387: what you’re looking at

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THE LOST LS FOUND. 379 gladness. Then he broke the seal and tenderly unfolded the sheets of thin, closely-written paper, upon which Faith had set down a brief history of the strange incidents through which she had passed. The letter began : ‘‘My dear guardian.” It was not addressed to him, yet Warren felt that to him alone in all the world it now appealed. Dizzy with con- tending sensations, he read rapidly through the letter once, and then put it down to take his breath, and to thank God for the safe delivery of the guileless young creature who told of her most appalling perils with the sweet, ingenuous naivele that showed how little she had been able to appre- ciate all of their dread possibilities. Cold drops of mortal terror for what mzgh¢ have befallen this white dove, this exquisite Una among the lions, still stood upon Warren’s brow after he had learned from the recital that Faith was then safe and well, in a beautiful home, with kind friends. She prayed her guardian to come at once and bring her ‘(back home.” ‘‘Alas, poor little one! Where zs her ‘home?’ said Warren, half aloud; as he turned to the letter which in- closed Faith’s, and which was merely a formal business communication from Mr Godfrey, assuring Mr. Croft that his ward would be safely and tenderly cared for until he should send or come for her. A whirl of strange feelings confused Gordon Warren's GComicbooks: Eco =| .