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The Dark Forest

CHAPTER III
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It might have happened to any one." "I would have prevented it," he said, nodding his head gravely.
He was silent for a little; then with a sudden jerk he said: "Where has she gone ?" "Gone ?" I repeated stupidly after him.
"Yes--that's not death--to go like that.

She must be somewhere still--somewhere in this beastly forest.

What--afterwards--when you saw her--what?
...

her face ?..." "She looked very peaceful--quite happy." "No restlessness in her face?
No anxiety ?" "None." "But all that life--that energy.

It can't have stopped.


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