CHAPTER I
THE MUSIC
"Listen, John—I hear music—"
The words came in a gentle whisper from the woman's lips. One white, thin hand lifted itself weakly to the rough face of the man who was kneeling beside her bed, and the great dark eyes from which he had hidden his own grew luminously bright for a moment, as she whispered again:
"John—I hear—music—"
A sigh fluttered from her lips. The man's head drooped until it...
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