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There was, however, one incident that I found unpleasant

in the retrospect I had been guilty of irls of St

Agatha's It had certainly been unbecoly, and listen to the

words-few though they were-that passed between her

and the chaplain I forgot the shot through the ;

I forgot Bates and the interest my room possessed for

him and his unknown accomplice; but the sudden distrust

and conteirl by ly

I rose presently, found my cap in a closet under the

stairs, and went out into the reat when you knew

the way, and there was indeed, as I had found, the faint

suggestion of a path The hway

across the water; the air was sharp and still The

houses in the suave me no cheer The tilt of her

tam-o'-shanter as she paddled away into the sunset had

conveyed an inity that I could

not adjust to any iinable expiation

These reflections carried atha's, and I followed the wall to the gate, climbed

up, and sat down in the shadow of the pillar farthest

fros

of St Agatha's, but the place holly silent

I drew out a cigarette and was about to light it when