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- Returned Empty
- CONTENTS
- SCENE I GLASS WITH CARE
- SCENE II THE UNEXPECTED WELCOME
- SCENE III THE EXPECTED GUEST
- SCENE IV THE PRISON BARS DISSOLVE
- SCENE V “I HAVE WAITED SO LONG!”
- SCENE VI “SUNSET AND EVENING STAR”
- SCENE VII “AND AFTER THAT—THE DARK”
- SCENE VIII THE DAWN BREAKS
- SCENE IX THE WATCHER
- SCENE X “WHEN THAT WHICH DREW FROM OUT THE BOUNDLESS DEEP—TURNS AGAIN HOME”
- SCENE XI “MY LIFE FOR HIS!”
- SCENE XII THE DEEP WELL
- SCENE XIII “NEVERTHELESS——”
- SCENE XIV “NO SADNESS OF FAREWELL”
- SCENE XV “THE SECRETS OF OUR HEARTS”
- SCENE XVI “WHO WAS HE?”
- SCENE XVII IN THE PINE WOOD
- SCENE XVIII THE HOME SHE PLANNED
- SCENE XIX THE GREAT CHANCE
- SCENE XX “COMING!”
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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