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Could he have realized this as he lay in chains on board his elder brother's ship  could he have known that he was really loved by that fair, sweet and gentle creature, how it would have lightened the weight of the iron bands he bore  how cheered his drooping spirits. COULD HE HAVE REALIZED THIS AS HE LAY IN THE CHAINS ON BOARD HIS ELDER BROTHER'S SHIP COULD HE HAVE KNOWN THAT HE WAS REALLY LOVED BY THAT FAIR SWEET AND GENTLE CREATURE HOW IT WOULD HAVE LIGHTENED THE WEIGHT OF THE IRON BANDS HE BORE HOW CHEERED HIS DROOPING SPIRITS
bed for a while; these sudden changes and so much exposure has rendered you weak. Come, my dear, come." And the poor girl, all trembling and pale, suffered her mother to lead her to her chamber, where a gentle anodyne soothed her nerves, and she soon fell to sleep. Had her mother not been little better than blind, she would have easily read her daughter's heart, and have seen that she loved with all her woman's soul the man who was that day on trial for his life. What mattered it to her that he was nameless, a wanderer, a slaver? She loved him, and that covered each and all faults, however heinous in the sight of the law. She felt that it was not the outward associations which made a man. She had looked beneath the surface of his soul, and had seen the pure crystal depth of his manly heart--frank, open, and as truthful as day itself. To her he was noble, chivalric and true, and if all the world had blamed him, if all had called him guilty, her bosom would have been open to receive him!  COME HELEN LEAN ON ME AND GO TO YOUR BED FOR A WHILE THESE SUDDEN CHANGES IN SO MUCH EXPOSURE HAS RENDERED YOU WEAK COME MY DEAR COME AND THE POOR GIRL ALL TREMBLING AND PALE SUFFERED HER MOTHER TO LEAD HER TO HER CHAMBER WHERE A GENTLE ANODYNE SOOTHED HER NERVES AND SHE SOON FELL ASLEEP HAD HER MOTHER NOT BEEN A LITTLE BETTER THAN BLIND SHE WOULD HAVE EASILY READ HER DAUGHTER'S HEART AND HAVE SEEN THAT SHE LOVED WITH ALL HER WOMAN SOUL THE MAN WHO WAS THAT DAY ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE WHAT MATTERED IT TO HER THAT HE WAS NAMELESS A WANDERER A SLAVER SHE LOVED HIM AND THAT COVERED EACH ON ALL FAULTS HOWEVER HEINOUS THE SIGHT OF THE LAW SHE FELT THAT IT WAS NOT THE OUTWARD ASSOCIATIONS WHICH MADE A MAN SHE HAD LOOKED BENEATH THE SURFACE OF HIS SOUL AND HAD SEEN THE PURE CRYSTAL DEPTH OF HIS MANLY HEART FRANK OPEN AND AS TRUTHFUL AS DAY ITSELF TO HER HE WAS NOBLE CHIVALRIC AND TRUE AND IF ALL THE WORLD HAD BLAMED HIM IF ALL HAD CALLED HIM GUILTY HER BOSOM WOULD HAVE BEEN OPEN TO RECEIVE HIM
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