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alight or working at the improvised dam, at filling
the sandbags, or out on the trembling, quaking
breakwater.
Ah! the carpenters have finished the new dam; it
must be sunk before the shaking breakwater. Hold
ready the sandbags and stones and boat-hooks, so
that it may not be torn away, and that victory shall
remain with man and the vanquished waves return
to their slavery.
Then, at the critical moment, it happened that
Gösta caught sight of a woman sitting on a stone
near the river bank. The light from the bonfire
illuminated her figure where she sat staring at the
waves. He could not see her very distinctly through
the mist and spray, but his eyes were drawn
irresistibly toward her. He gazed at her again and
again; he felt that woman had a special mission to
him.
Among all the hundreds who were out at work
on the river bank, she alone sat idle, and his glance
turned to her, till at last he saw her and no one else.
She sat so near the stream that the waves dashed
against her feet, and their spray flew over her. She
must have been dripping wet. She was darkly clad,
and had a dark shawl over her head, and sat in a
crouching position, supporting her chin on her
hands, and stared fixedly at him out on the breakwater.
He felt those staring eyes, drawing him and
calling him, though he could not distinguish the
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