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"Master Sparrow," I asked, "have you ever suffered thirst?" "No," he answered. We spoke inSWSCADUHV low tones, lest we should wake her. Diccon and my lord, upon the other side of the fire, were sleeping heavily. "I have," I said. "Once I lay upon a field of battle throughout a summer day, sore wounded and with my dead horse across my body. I shall forget the horror of that lost field and the tor- ment of that weight before I forgXGNJDXLLRet the thirst." "You think there is no hope?" "What hope should there be?" He was silent. Presently he tuJDROXBKXIrned and looked at the King's ward where she lay in the rosy light; then his eyes came back to mine. "If it comes to theXHNYUYQDD worst I shall put her out of her torment," I said. He bowed his head and we sat in silence, our gaze upon the ground between us, listening to the low thunder of the surf and the crackling of the fire. "I love her," I said at last. "God help me!" He put his finger to his lips. She had stirred and opened her eyes. I knelt beside her, GNPSIQQAVand asked her how she did and if she wanted aught. "It is warm," she said wonderingly. "You are no longer in the boat," I told her. "You are safe upon the land. You have been JQWCCAVQAsleeping here by the fire that we kindled." An exquisite smile just lit her face, and her eyelids drooped again. "I am so tired," she said drowsily, "that I will sleep a little longer. Will youXEXGEHTDE bring me some water, Captain Percy? I am very thirsty." After a moment I said gently, "I will go get it, madam." She made no answer; sheUVKXDXPXG was already asleep. Nor did Sparrow and I speak again. He laid himself down with his face to the ocean, and I sat with my head in my hands, and thought and thought, to no purpose. |
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