THE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFUL 



plains. Many a woman of gentle nurture 

 really died in the trial. And the great 

 longing was not to see the old schoolmates, 

 nor even, — in most cases, — ^to see psirents 

 or brothers and sisters, but to look once 

 more on the peaceful green hills, on the 

 dark pine forests and the quiet clustering 

 houses of the village in the valley. 



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