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$n\. [[.Day:^( t: w$enty-se?!^ ven—no kiss. Damie $n kissed anothe\+r woma.]!n in](@ front o*f`?;. her]-. He gave h%=er s!oul-scale [.to !Van?=essa as a necklace, and _[)her heart-p`\earl—her only w\=ay %h=^ome—a?-s a:n ank]let. ;Marina, %took e,)v=eryth?`ing ba;ck. 
,On ope-ning night, she;  ? ?emptie@]d every case of( his- stolen jewe!@,ls_. Sh\e/: reclaimed ?)[` the tide-bra.celet, t$*h
:e soul-scale, a]n` d fi nal(;;ly the l*ife !_:she, stole from deat
h for *h ,im. )D)$amien dissolved in`t- o white foam, sw^ept away by the tid#e. And E (\li—who. )[ga[@/ve up his voice to@, find her—used his returned v( oice to *whisper:(\"Wel/+/come #home."