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CHAPTER XII.
CONDOLENCE.
"No! had all earth decreed that doom of shame,
I would have set, against all earth's decree,
The inalienable trust of my firm soul in thee."
Among all the various members
of the community that had
been shocked and saddened by
the tragical death of Rebecca
Nurse, possibly no single individual out of
the circle of her own immediate family felt
it more keenly or sorrowed more deeply
than Alice Campbell. The kind, cheerful,
generous-hearted old woman had distinguished
her by many little acts of affectionate
kindness and many tokens of good-will,
and the loving heart of the young girl had
warmly responded. Alice was naturally affectionate
and grateful, and the extremely
limited circle of her personal friends had
perhaps intensified the love she bore them.
