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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. 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
ght the victors, we shall get our maidens back again. So, taking their time to wash off the blood and dust, to bind up their wounds, and to eat their supper, they thought it would be an easy job to load up all the girls on their ox-carts 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 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. FT NOT ONE TO BREATHE NOW THOUGHT THE VICTORS WE SHALL GET OUR MAIDENS BACK AGAIN SO TAKING THEIR TIME TO WASH OFF THE BLOOD AND DUST TO BIND UP THEIR WOUNDS AND TO EAT THEIR SUPPER THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN EASY JOB TO LOAD UP ALL THE GIRLS ON THEIR OX CARTS 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
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