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The Cloister and the Hearth

CHAPTER XVII
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To-morrow they must part.

But that was nothing to them now.

They had seen Death, and all other troubles seemed light as air.

While there is life there is hope; while there is hope there is joy.

Separation for a year or two, what was it to them, who were so young, and had caught a glimpse of the grave?
The future was bright, the present was Heaven: so passed the blissful hours.
Alas! their innocence ran other risks besides the prison and the grave.
They were in most danger from their own hearts and their inexperience, now that visible danger there was none..


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