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Bacon, Delia, 1811-1859

"The Bride of Fort Edward"

Why, there are ten hours yet--I shall be back
ere then. Helen--do I dream?--This is love!--How I have wronged
her.--This _is_ love!
_Ser't_. (_At the door_.) The horse is waiting, Sir,--and this Indian
here wont stir till he sees you.
_Mait_. Alaska--I must think of it,--_risk?_--I would pledge my life on
his truth. He has seen her too,--I remember now, he saw her--with me at
the lake. Let him come in.--No, stop, I will speak with him as I go.
[_Exeunt_.



DIALOGUE VI.
SCENE. _Lady Ackland's door_.

_Lady Ackland_. Married!--His wife?--Well, I think I'll not try to sleep
again. There goes Orion with his starry girdle.--Married--is he?
_Maid_. Was not that Captain Maitland that was talking here just now,
Lady Harriet?
_Lady A_. Go to bed, Margaret,--go to bed,--but look you though.
To-morrow with the dawn that furnishing gear we left in the tent must be
unpacked, and this empty room--whose wife, think you, is my guest
tomorrow, Margaret?
_Maid_. Bless me! If I were to guess till daylight, my lady----
_Lady A_. This young Maitland, you think so handsome, Margaret----
_Maid_.


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