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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. 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
 of such a crime as is charged to him, is death; but we must hope for the best, and--why Helen, how pale you look!" "It was only a passing spasm, mother. I am--I believe I am already better," said the daughter, in an agony of suffering that she dared not evince. "Come, Helen, lean on me and go to your 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. EAR IT IS TERRIBLE TO THINK OF BUT THE PENALTY OF SUCH A CRIME AS IS CHARGED TO HIM IS DEATH BUT WE MUST HOPE FOR THE BEST AND WHY HELEN HOW PALE YOU LOOK IT WAS ONLY A PASSING SPASM MOTHER I AM I BELIEVE I AM ALREADY BETTER SAID THE DAUGHTER IN AN AGONY OF SUFFERING THAT SHE DARED NOT EVINCE 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
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