“I wonder if he would say so if he had seen me to-night,” Lucia mused, “I had to do it, it was the only way, but oh, dear, I do hope I don’t ever hear any more wicked men again.”  She yawned and looked towards the window.  The first gray light of dawn streaked the sky.

“I guess I’ll stay in the garden with Beppi and Nana and Garibaldi, and wait for my fairy god-father’s return,” she said as she closed her eyes.

As if to echo her words a faint “naa,” came up from the stable yard below.  Garibaldi was agreeing with her mistress.

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