III

From that hour she was not seen to weep. She performed, lightly

and silently, as in former days, the gentle duties of a daughter.

Seasons passed; and her father thought to find another husband

for her. To the mother, he said:--

"If our daughter again have a son, it will be great joy for her,

and for all of us."

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