His Other Wife: A Novel — page 164: what you’re looking at

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156 : LOST. mg Miss Draper's look of distress: ‘‘But you need not worry about them. They will not go out of hearing of the music on the boat, and that will guide them back even if they lose the way a little. There are so many queer, intricate windings of paths through these woods to this place that they may have become confused, and taken one leading back to the fort.”’ Forcing herself to be satisfied with this suggestion for the present, Miss Draper waited till Leda proposed to return to the boat. It was now after sunset,.and the deeply shaded woods grew damp and chill with the rising mists from the river. On arriving at the vessel, they found that a large pro- portion of the party had preceded them, and were already seated on the deck, from which the awning had been removed. | | A May moon swung its silver disk just above the plumy pines of the forest, and shed its pale splendor over the glassy tides that lovingly lapped the shadowy banks. Stars, calm and large, burned through the roseate ether, and lent their weird, sad charm to the utter stillness and wildness of the scenery. One by one the straggling parties returned to the land- ing and boarded the vessel, till each passenger had an- swered his or her name as the boatswain called the roll before steaming up the river. Vernois and Miss Hilary alone were still absent from the company. 2 : Comicbooks.co =.