[_He goes out hastily_.
_Helen_. Will he forget me?
_Mrs. G_. And farewell, Helen. Fare ye well.
_Helen_. Will she leave me thus?
_Mrs. G_. Do not go to the hut--do not leave this door until you are
sure of the signal you spoke of, Helen.
_Helen_. She will not look at me,--Mother!
_Mrs. G_. Farewell, Helen; may the hour never come when you need the
love you have cast from you now so freely.
_Helen_. Will you leave me thus? Is not our life together ending here?
In that great and solemn Hereafter our ways may meet again; but by the
light of sun, or moon, or candle, or underneath these Heavens, no more.
Oh! lovely, lovely have you been unto me, a spirit of holiness and
beauty, building all my way.--Part we thus?
_Mrs. G_. Farewell, Helen.
_Helen_. Part we thus?
_Mrs. G_. Fare ye well, Helen Grey, my own sweet and precious child, my
own lovely, lovely daughter, fare ye well, and the Lord be with you. The
Lord keep you, for I can keep you now no more. The Lord watch over you,
my helpless one, mine, mine, mine, all mine, though I leave you thus; my
world of untold wealth, unto another.
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