[Frogma] hus executed could be the work of French

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 said the stranger. 'But why are they here?--where are they going?--and
what lies beyond these mists?' cried the brothers in a breath. 'Dear
brothers, who were so true and loving of old,' said the stranger,
'concerning this matter, believe that you will learn hereafter; for the
present, know that this which ye have seen is the great and busy road of
life; but strive to become more wise and prudent travellers, and see
that ye fall not out by the way.' As he ceased, a gleam of sunshine
broke through the twilight, and fell full upon him. In its brightness,
the noble aspect did not alter, but grew more familiar to their eyes;
and Christopher and Hubert knew at the same moment that he was none
other than their brother Gottleib. Both sprang to embrace him, but the
way, the travellers, and Gottleib, vanished from them. They looked into
each other's faces by the early sunlight which streamed through the
closed shutters of their room, and gleamed on the brazen clasps of the
Coverdale Bible, still lying between them on the table where they had
fallen asleep. Such is the account of the affair given by themselves;
although more, it is believed, to suit the taste and belief of the time
they lived in than their own. The two brothers had passed many hours
silent and in the dark; and it is not unreasonable to suppose that the
visionary world, into which they had unconsciously slipped, presented to
both such phenomena--founded on the meditations and recollections in
which both had been immersed--as were easily rendered in the exoteric
types of romance. The brothers talked long over the vision, and could
scarcely satisfy even themselves that it was indeed a dream; but they
agreed on its use of wisdom and warning, and disputed no more. The old
house was not sold, nor the types divided. It is even affirmed that the
bookseller's daughter and the Catholic widow l
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