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eadagainst his neck, while tears of sympathy beganto trickle down her fair cheeks. The horse looked at her in silence. Andcan it be, he said finally, that you who livewithin this palace, surrounded by every luxury,—can it be that you too are unhappy ? The gods know, was her answer. As the maiden… … •I HAVE COME TO BEG A CORNER IN YOUR STABLES. THE GODS KNOW 69 Suddenly a delicious thrill shot through herbeing. The aching heart within her breast beatfaster, and, looking up, she saw that the sacredhorse had vanished, while her own fair armswere twined about the neck of a man whosehandsome…
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