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III. Sonnlein 21 IV. We Leave the Hermitage 30 V. Ephrata 40 VI. Concerning Taxation 51 VII. The Right Prevails 69 VIII. Our First Loss 77 IX. A Love Feast 86 X. The Brotherhood of Zion 94 XI. Brother Agonius and his Prophecy 108 XII. Sister Bernice is Comforted 127 XIII. The Comet and Brother Alburtus 135 XIV. Our Sister Leaves Us 146 XV. The Great Comet 155 XVI. A Far Journey 165 XVII. In a Strange Land 176 XVIII. Sonnlein Cometh to Man's Estate 193 XIX. When Hearts are Young 207 XX. Sister Genoveva is Gone 223 XXI. Brother Alburtus 235 XXII. Sonnlein Taketh the Ordeal 249 XXIII. A Midnight Visit 265 XXIV. Mine Enemy's Hiding-Place 281 XXV. The End of the Witch 295 XXVI. The Twain are Made One 305 XXVII. Retrospect 324

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CHAPTER I

FLIGHT FROM THE WORLD