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She was pale, her eyes wide, languid, shadows beneath them as though she had not slept. But those same tired eyes lightened as they fell upon Suzanna. "Mother-eyes," the phrase grew in Suzanna's heart. She should never in all her life forget that look of longing, of love. And somehow another impression, new, almost unbelievable, came to Suzanna.
The encircling arms, the loving breast, the watchful mother-eyes; the exquisite human love, called forth by the necessity, the dependence, the helplessness of a little child. And were there not souls equally helpless, and hearts just as dependent upon sympathy and tenderness? The Prioress had understood this, and had ruled by love.
'It is the first of the fold, said Justus, and Lotta caught up the screaming morsel to her bosom and hushed it craftily; while, as a wolf hangs in the field, Matui, who had borne it and in accordance with the law of her tribe had exposed it to die, panted weary and footsore in the bamboo-brake, watching the house with hungry mother-eyes. What would the omnipotent Assistant Collector do?
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