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Rh opened her eyes again and gazed at Eric and then past him. "They are still there beyond you, Eric? I mean the men who have come and saved us. They are still there, the men who will take us home?"

"They are still there, Margaret."

"And you—you, Eric, Eric—you are still here with me! I still have you and we are saved? We—you and I—are going home now?"

"Yes, Margaret," he said to her gently. "Yes; we are going home."