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act。 Howbeit�察�towards the close of the season�察�when a sudden suggestion
of the coming autumn had crept�察 �one knew not how�察 �into the heart of a
perfect day�察�when even a return of the summer warmth had a suspicion of
hectic��on one of these days Sarah Walker was missed with the bees and
the butterflies。 For two days her voice had not been heard in hall or
corridor�察 �nor had the sunshine of her French marigold head lit up her
familiar places。 The two days were days of relief�察 �yet mitigated with a
certain uneasy apprehension of the return of Sarah Walker�察 �ormore
alarming thought��the Sarah Walker element in a more appalling form。 So
strong was this impression that an unhappy infant who unwittingly broke
this interval with his maiden outcry was nearly lynched。 ;We're not going
to stand that from YOU�察 �you know�察─�was the crystallized sentiment of a
brutal bachelor。 In fact�察 �it began to be admitted that Greyport had been
accustomed to Sarah Walker's ways。 In the midst of this�察�it was suddenly
whispered that Sarah Walker was lying dangerously ill�察 �and was not
expected to live。
Then occurred one of those strange revulsions of human sentiment
which at first seem to point the dawning of a millennium of poetic justice�察�
but which�察 �in this case�察 �ended in merely stirring the languid pulses of
society into a hectic fever�察�and in making sympathy for Sarah Walker an
insincere and exaggerated fashion。 Morning and afternoon visits to her
apartment�察 �with extravagant offerings�察 �were de rigueur�察 �bulletins were
issued three times a day�察�an allusion to her condition was the recognized
preliminary to all conversation�察 �advice�察 �suggestions�察 �and petitions to
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restore the baleful existence�察�flowed readily from the same facile invention
that had once proposed its banishment�察�until one afternoon the shadow had
drawn so close that even Folly withheld its careless feet before it�察�and laid
down its feeble tinkling bells and gaudy cap tremblingly on the threshold。
But the sequel must be told in more vivid words than mine。
;Whin I saw that angel lyin' there�察─ �said Sarah Walker's nurse�察 �as
white�察�if ye plaze�察�as if the whole blessed blood of her body had gone to
make up the beautiful glory of her hair�察�speechless as she was�察�I thought I
saw a sort of longin' in her eyes。
;'Is it anythin' you'll be wantin'�察�Sarah darlint'�察�sez her mother with a
thremblin' voice�察�'afore it's lavin' us ye are�拭�Is it the ministher yer askin'
for�察�love��' sez she。
;And Sarah looked at me�察�and if it was the last words I spake�察�her lips
moved and she whispered 'Scotty。'
;'Wirra� �wirra��' sez the mother�察 �'it's wanderin' she is�察 �the darlin'��' for
Scotty�察�don't ye see�察�was the grand barkeeper of the hotel。
;'Savin' yer presence�察�ma'am��' sez I�察�'and the child's here�察�ez is half a
saint already�察�it's thruth she's spakin'it's Scotty she wants。' And with that
my angel blinks wid her black eyes 'yes。'
;'Bring him��' says the docthor�察�'at once。'
;And they bring him in wid all the mustachios and moighty fine curls
of him�察�and his diamonds�察�rings�察�and pins all a´glistening just like his eyes
when he set 'em on that suffering saint。
;'Is it anythin' you're wantin��' Sarah dear��' sez he�察�thryin' to spake firm。
And Sarah looks at him�察�and then looks at a tumbler on the table。
;'Is it a bit of a cocktail�察�the likes of the one I made for ye last Sunday
unbeknownst��' sez he�察 �looking round mortal afraid of the parents。 And
Sarah Walker's eyes said�察 �'It is。' Then the ministher groaned�察 �but the
docthor jumps to his feet。
;'Bring it��' sez he�察�'and howld your jaw�察�an ye's a Christian sowl。' And
he brought it。 An' afther the first sip�察�the child lifts herself up on one arm�察�
and sez�察�with a swate smile and a toss of the glass�此�
;'I looks towards you�察�Scotty��' sez she。
;'I observes you and bows�察�miss��' sez he�察�makin' as if he was dhrinkin'
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wid her。
;'Here's another nail in yer coffin�察�old man��' sez she winkin'。
;'And here's the hair all off your head�察�miss��' sez he quite aisily�察�tossin'
back the joke betwixt 'em。
;And with that she dhrinks it off�察�and lies down and goes to sleep like
a lamb�察�and wakes up wid de rosy dawn in her cheeks�察�and the morthal
seekness gone forever。;
。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。
Thus Sarah Walker recovered。 Whether the fact were essential to the
moral conveyed in these pages�察�I leave the reader to judge。
I was leaning on the terrace of the Kronprinzen´Hof at Rolandseck one
hot summer afternoon�察 �lazily watching the groups of tourists strolling
along the road that ran between the Hof and the Rhine。 There was
certainly little in the place or its atmosphere to recall the Greyport episode
of twenty years before�察�when I was suddenly startled by hearing the name
of ;Sarah Walker。;
In the road below me were three figures��a lady�察�a gentleman�察�and a
little girl。 As the latter turned towards the lady who addressed her�察 �I
recognized the unmistakable copper´colored tresses�察 �trim figure�察 �delicate
complexion�察�and refined features of the friend of my youth� �I seized my
hat�察�but by the time I had reached the road�察�they had disappeared。
The utter impossibility of its being Sarah Walker herself�察 �and the
glaring fact that the very coincidence of name would be inconsistent with
any conventional descent from the original Sarah�察 �I admit confused me。
But I examined the book of the Kronprinzen´ Hof and the other hotels�察�and
questioned my portier。 There was no ;Mees; nor ;Madame Walkiere;
extant in Rolandseck。 Yet might not Monsieur have heard incorrectly�拭�The
Czara Walka was evidently Russian�察 �and Rolandseck was a resort for
Russian princes。 But pardon� �Did Monsieur really mean the young
demoiselle now approaching�拭�Ah� �that was a different affair。 She was the
daughter of the Italian Prince and Princess Monte Castello staying here。
The lady with her was not the Princess�察 �but a foreign friend。 The
gentleman was the Prince。 Would he present Monsieur's card�拭�
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