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[Softly, urgently.] Does repentance come too late, now? . [Does not answer, but sits silent for a moment; then she points over the upland.] Look there, Arnold,—now the sun is going down behind the peaks. See what a red glow the level rays cast over all the heathery knolls out yonder. . [Looks where she is pointing.] It is long since I have seen a sunset in the mountains. . Or a sunrise? . A sunrise I don't think I have ever seen. . [Smiles as though lost in recollection.] I once saw a marvellously lovely sunrise. . Did you? Where was that? . High, high up on a dizzy mountain-top.—You beguiled me up there by promising that I should see all the glory of the world if only I       [She stops suddenly.