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Excerpt from Wealth and Labour, Vol. 1 of 3
But that day, even whilst the young girl seemed to watch the coming tide she forgot its beauty in other thoughts, and perhaps it had been to indulge those thoughts, undisturbed, and not to admire the many-coloured ocean, that she had turned from the direct path, to linger in that quiet nook. She thought of a playfellow of her childhood, now far away, across the sea, who, in other years, had Often gathered shells for her on those sands, when their merry voic'es made the rocks echo to their glee. Even that day she wove pleasant fancies as to her future life, although in truth more clouds than sun-shine were above its doubtful horizon.
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