Ice-bound heartsHodder & Stoughton, 1924 - 286 pages |
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Page 175 - ... the light, and went to bed. He fell asleep quickly, and his slumber was filled with many dreams. They were sweet and joyous at first, and he lived again his first meeting with the woman; he was once more in the presence of her beauty, her purity, her faith and confidence in him. And then more trouble visions came to him. He awoke twice, and each time he sat up, filled with the shuddering dread that had come. to him at the graveside. A third time he awakened, and he struck a match to look at his...