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Cecily Says Good-bye

“That she is,” I agreed, and threw a last look down the river.

The boat was almost hidden by the morning mist; in a moment more it had quite disappeared, bearing Cecily to death, a fortnight later, in the shadow of Pelée. And I doubt if I shall ever know another woman like her.