Hello, I'm Joanne and you're listening to a bonus episode called The Girl at the Gate

by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

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Tonight is a gentle reading called The Girl at the Gate by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.

This story reminds us of the invisible thread that connects the hearts of loved ones and

that even in death, this love connection is everlasting.

And so is always my friend settling comfortably under the covers.

Take a slow, comfortable breath and as you exhale, relax and let go.

Allow any tension to just melt away.

Letting your body sink deeper and deeper down into the softness of your bed.

There is nothing else to do and nowhere else to be.

So just lay back, relax and enjoy the story.

Something very strange happened the night old Mr. Lawrence died.

I have never been able to explain it and I have never spoken of it except to one person

and she said that I dreamed it. I did not dream it.

I saw and heard waking. We had not expected Mr. Lawrence to die then.

He did not seem very ill, not so nearly ill as he had been during his previous attack.

When we heard of his illness, I went over to the woodlands to see him,

for I had always been a great favorite with him.

The big house was quiet. The servants going about their work as usual without any

appearance of excitement. I was told that I could not see Mr. Lawrence for a little while.

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