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109 pages of information about Mae Madden.  Then they began that
wonderful ride along the coast.  The horrors of the day before
rolled away like a mist as the donkey jogged along that
miraculous drive.  Lisetta and Gaetano chattered together, and
Mae sat very still, with her face to the sea, drinking in all
the glory, as she had longed and planned.  Hope revived in her
breast, pride had stood by her all the while, and here was
glorious nature coming to her aid.  She was going swiftly to the
orange groves and the children of the sun.  She should see
Talila and brown babies and dancing, and at night a great,
yellow moon would light up the whole scene.  So on and on they
went, the travelling carriages dashing by them now and then,
with their three donkeys abreast, and the driver cracking his
whip, and the travellers oh-ing and ah-ing.  “That is the most
picturesque peasant I have yet seen,”