`` That strange , awful look seemed to sorter fade out of his eyes . `` He turned his head and looked at me . I 've never forgot his face -- never will forget it till I ships for my last voyage . '' ` All is well , lad , ' he says . ` I 've seen the Royal William coming around East Point . She will be here by dawn . Tomorrow night I shall sit with my bride by my own hearth-fire . ' `` Do you think he did see it ? '' demanded Captain Jim abruptly . `` God knows , '' said Gilbert softly . `` Great love and great pain might compass we know not what marvels . '' `` I am sure he did see it , '' said Anne earnestly . `` Fol-de-rol , '' said Doctor Dave , but he spoke with less conviction than usual . `` Because , you know , '' said Captain Jim solemnly , `` the Royal William came into Four Winds Harbor at daylight the next morning . `` Every soul in the Glen and along the shore was at the old wharf to meet her . The schoolmaster had been watching there all night . How we cheered as she sailed up the channel . '' Captain Jim 's eyes were shining . They were looking at the Four Winds Harbor of sixty years agone , with a battered old ship sailing through the sunrise splendor . `` And Persis Leigh was on board ? ''
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