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 plain. He was bent low to the ground, and extreme exhaustion marked his going. His hands and forearms were dark and clotted with that which was drying on them.

"If she will only live till I come," he said, "if she will only live till I come."

The sun blazed; the feet of the man were springless; his eyes, deep sunken, burned like red coals.

"If she will only live till I come," he said, "if she will only live till I come."