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he had struck a bargain , and was to command a coasting vessel , and carry wood from the Thames to our southern ports . An irresistible impulse brought him to look , before he sailed , on the place that held the angel who had destroyed his prospects , and whom he loved as much as ever , though he was too proud to court a second refusal . `` She watches , too , '' thought David , `` but it is not for me , as I for her . '' At half past one the lights began to dance before his wearied eyes , and presently David , weakened by his late fever , dozed off and forgot all his troubles , and slept as sweetly on the grass as he had often slept on the hard deck , with his head upon a gun . Luck was against the poor fellow . He had not been unconscious much more than ten minutes when Lucy 's window opened and she looked out ; and he never saw her . Nor did she see him ; for , though the moon was bright , it was not shining on him ; he lay within the shadow of a tree .