As if his child should comfort him , Bertha . '' `` Yes , yes . She will . Go on . '' `` He is an old man , worn with care and work . He is a spare , dejected , thoughtful , grey-haired man . I see him now , despondent and bowed down , and striving against nothing . But , Bertha , I have seen him many times before , and striving hard in many ways , for one great sacred object . And I honour his grey head , and bless him ! '' The Blind Girl broke away from her ; and , throwing herself upon her knees before him , took the grey head to her breast . `` It is my sight restored . It is my sight ! '' she cried . `` I have been blind , and now my eyes are open . I never knew him ! To think I might have died , and never truly seen the father who has been so loving to me ! '' There were no words for Caleb 's emotion . `` There is not a gallant figure on this earth , '' exclaimed the Blind Girl , holding him in her embrace , `` that I would love so dearly , and would cherish so devotedly , as this ! The greyer , and more worn , the dearer , father ! Never let them say I am blind again .
There 's not a furrow in his face , there 's not a hair upon his head , that shall be forgotten XXXXX my prayers and thanks to Heaven ! ''
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