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At last the Natalday arrived. The magnetic, as well as the

physical, period of gestation being completed, to them a son was

born. Never was there a human soul greeted with greater love and

welcome than this one. Not only was it the offspring of the

physical union, but that of the souls. Welcome, thrice welcome,

to the children born of such love. The physical condition of the

Princess was very critical for several days. The Prince's grief

and anxiety was almost unbearable; neither sleep nor food took a

moment of his time during her severe illness, and often did he

think that again Nu-nah's soul would take its flight and wend its

way to the realms above.