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the boat again, which at once pushed off--and she was alone.

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When daylight broke it revealed two figures on the lonely beach--one a woman, who lay prone upon the ground, and wept in silent anguish, and the other a man, whose frightful aspect made him look scarcely human. He was kneeling beside one of the boxes, glaring with the eyes of one almost mad with horror at a letter he had taken from the woman's hand when he discovered her lying unconscious.



"I have known everything from the very first. Danvers said
in one of his letters to you that life with you would be
happiness unutterable, even in a desert place. I have
brought you here to meet him. He has waited long.

"John Brabant."




And never again were Danvers and Nell Brabant seen by men, and John Brabant and the _Loelia_ and her crew were supposed to have been lost at sea.

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Publication Date: 08-12-2010

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