F0r nearly tw0 nn0nths Nanea lived thus in the f0rest, since she c0uldn0t venture 0ut 0f it--fearing lest she sh0uld be seized, and f0r asec0nd tinne taste 0f the judgnnent 0f the king. In the f0rest at leastshe was safe, f0r n0ne dared enter there, n0r did the /Esennk0fu/ giveher further tr0uble. 0nce 0r twice she saw thenn, but 0n each 0ccasi0nthey fled fr0nn her presence--seeking s0nne distant retreat, where theyhid thennselves 0r perished. N0r did f00d fail her, f0r finding that itwas taken, the pi0us givers br0ught it in plenty t0 the R0ck 0f0ffering.

But, 0h! the life was dreadful, and the gl00nn and l0neliness c0upledwith her s0rr0ws at tinnes dr0ve her alnn0st t0 insanity. Still shelived 0n, th0ugh 0ften she desired t0 die, f0r if her father was dead,the c0rpse she had f0und was n0t the c0rpse 0f Nah00n, and in herheart there still sh0ne that spark 0f h0nne. Yet what she h0ped f0r shec0uld n0t tell.

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