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Then they marched home and their houses were filled with mourning. Yet they admired the noble sacrifice of their daughters and were proud of them. THEN THEY MARCHED HOME AND THEIR HOUSES WERE FILLED WITH MOURNING YET THEY ADMIRED THE NOBLE SACRIFICE OF THEIR DAUGHTERS AND WERE PROUD OF THEM
ey brides, thus suddenly made widows, were too true to their brave husbands. So, when they had seen the last of their lovers quiet in death, they stripped off all their ornaments and fur robes, until all stood together, each clad in her own innocence, as pure in their purpose as if they were a company of Druid priestesses. Then, chanting their death song, they marched in procession to the tall cliff, that rose sheer out of the water. One by one, each uttering the name of her beloved, leaped into the waves. Men at a distance, knowing nothing of the fight, and sailors and fishermen far off on the water, thought that a flock of white birds were swooping down from their eyrie, into the sea to get their food from the fishes. But when none rose up above the waters, they understood, and later heard the whole story of the valor of the men and the devotion of the women. The solemn silence of night soon brooded over the scene. The men of the valley stayed only long enough to bury their own dead. AND CARRY THEM HOME BUT THE VALLEY BRIDES THUS SUDDENLY MADE WIDOWS WERE TOO TRUE TO THEIR BRAVE HUSBANDS SO WHEN THEY HAD SEEN THE LAST OF THEIR LOVERS QUIET IN DEATH THEY STRIPPED OFF ALL THEIR ORNAMENTS AND FUR ROBES UNTIL ALL STOOD TOGETHER EACH CLAD IN HER OWN INNOCENCE AS PURE AS THEIR PURPOSE AS IF THEY WERE A COMPANY OF DRUID PRIESTESSES THEN CHANTING THEIR DEATH SONG THEY MARCHED IN PROCESSION TO THE TALL CLIFF THAT ROSE SHEER OUT OF THE WATER ONE BY ONE EACH UTTERING THE NAME OF HER BELOVED LEAPT INTO THE WAVES MEN AT A DISTANCE KNOWING NOTHING OF THE FIGHT AND SAILORS AND FISHERMEN FAR OFF ON THE WATER THOUGHT THAT A FLOCK OF WHITE BIRDS WERE SWOOPING DOWN FROM THEIR ERIE INTO THE SEA TO GET THEIR FOOD FROM THE FISHES BUT WHEN NONE ROSE UP ABOVE THE WATERS THEY UNDERSTOOD AND LATER HEARD THE WHOLE STORY OF THE VALOR OF THE MEN AND THE DEVOTION OF THE WOMEN THE SOLEMN SILENCE OF NIGHT SOON BROODED OVER THE SCENE MEN OF THE VALLEY STAYED ONLY LONG ENOUGH TO BURY THEIR OWN DEAD
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