Page 169 - Fairbrass

There was little more to tell. Soon
after that they had kissed for the last time,

and with aching- hearts they went their
separate ways,

( Ohr if I could only bring those two
poor things together,’ cried Fairbrass, ‘ how

gladly I would die ! 1
An hour later, the sister, coming into

the deserted garden—it is easy to guess
why she came—found him lying on the

damp ground underneath the Poplar-trees,
sobbing and shivering, with Pax looking

helplessly at him and licking his cold hands.