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"This way," she added to the little person in the pale blue, which suited well her very dark hair, blue eyes, and rose-touched cheeks. A moment later they stood inside Shiel Crozier's room. The first glance his wife gave took in the walls, the table, the bureau, and the desk which contained her own unopened letter. She was looking for a photograph of herself.

"This way," she added to the little person in the pale blue, which suited well her very dark hair, blue eyes, and rose-touched cheeks. A moment later they stood inside Shiel Crozier's room. The first glance his wife gave took in the walls, the table, the bureau, and the desk which contained her own unopened letter. She was looking for a photograph of herself.

Esther, waiting there for recognition, felt the discomfort grandmother always seemed to stir into her mood. Her rose-touched skin was a little more suffused, though not beyond a furtherance of beauty. "Aunt Patricia is coming," she repeated. "When I heard from her last she was in Poland." "Her name is Martha," said grandmother. "Don't let her come in here."

The air was so still, the sound of the horses being driven to the water trough came up from the barnyard. And then there came across the rose-touched hills a new sound, the dull throb of a drum. "What is that?" asked Christina. They stood side by side and listened, looking in the direction of the town, where now the electric lights glowed against the sky.