Excerpt from Return: A Story of the Sea Islands in 1739

"Whither wilt thou betake thee

O my false lover?

I shall flee my country,

None may me discover.

O cruel, and cruel as fair;

Long may you look for me - or look

for me never!"

"Pray - pray - pray do not let the carriage stop! Stay the man out there in the street! "My lord,'tis too late - 'tis past praying - they are here."

The carriage, a lumbering old vehicle, drawn by two magnificent horses and driven by a liveried Indian coachman, had come to a stop at the curb. The negro outriders reined backward, the negro footman sprang from the rumble, opened the coach door, and a tall, majestic girl in bridal robes leaned forward and looked out.

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