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had been in the vanished past. Possibly also, the 

 memory of his savage spouse who had loved him 

 many years would add some bitterness to his 

 strange isolated life. For, far away in their old 

 home, she would still wait for him, vainly hoping, 

 fearing much, dim-eyed with sorrow and long 

 watching, yet never seeing his form returning to 

 her out of the mysterious haze of the desert. 

 Poor Damian, and poor wife ! 



