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    The Vigil Night Watches, Part 8.
    The Vigil Night Watches, Part 8.
    The Vigil Night Watches, Part 8.
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    The Vigil Night Watches, Part 8.

    By W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs and Stanley Davis

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Vigil Night Watches, Part 8. - W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

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      Title: The Vigil

      Night Watches, Part 8.

      Author: W.W. Jacobs

      Release Date: April 26, 2004 [EBook #12158]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VIGIL ***

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      THE VIGIL

      I'm the happiest man in the world, said Mr. Farrer, in accents of dreamy tenderness.

      Miss Ward sighed. Wait till father comes in, she said.

      Mr. Farrer peered through the plants which formed a welcome screen to the window and listened with some uneasiness. He was waiting for the firm, springy step that should herald the approach of ex-Sergeant-Major Ward. A squeeze of Miss Ward's hand renewed his courage.

      Perhaps I had better light the lamp, said the girl, after a long pause. I wonder where mother's got to?

      She's on my side, at any rate, said Mr. Farrer.

      Poor mother! said the girl. She daren't call her soul her own. I expect she's sitting in her bedroom with the door shut. She hates unpleasantness. And there's sure to be some.

      So do I, said the young man, with a slight shiver. But why should there be any? He doesn't want you to keep single all your life, does he?

      He'd like me to marry a soldier, said Miss Ward. He says that the young men of the present day are too soft. The only thing he thinks about is courage and strength.

      She rose and, placing the lamp on the table, removed the

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