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From Out the Vasty Deep

CHAPTER IV
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Why, he's dripping with water!" And then, almost as if in spite of herself, Miss Burnaby muttered: "Our brother John, who was drowned." "He wants me to tell you that he's very happy, and that he sends you your father's and mother's love." Bubbles waited for what seemed quite a long time, then she went on again: "I see another man.

He is a very good-looking man.

He has a high forehead, blue eyes, and a golden mustache.

He is in uniform.

Is it an English uniform ?" Miss Burnaby shook her head.
"I think it's an Austrian uniform," said Bubbles hesitatingly; then she continued, in that voice which was hers and yet not hers, for it seemed instinct with another mind: "He says, 'My love! My love, why did you lack courage ?'" The old lady covered her face with her hands.


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