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The storm had died away, and the moonbeams stealing through the window

told that morning was breaking, but neither Guy nor Maddy heeded the

lapse of time. Theirs was a sad kind of happiness as they talked

together, and could Lucy have listened to them she would have felt

satisfied that she was not forgotten. One long, bright curl, cut from

her head by his own hand, was all there was left of her to Guy, save

the hallowed memories of her purity and goodness--memories which would

yet mold the proud, impulsive Guy into the earnest, consistent

Christian which Lucy in her life had desired that he should be, and

which Maddy rejoiced to see him.