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stared at hiht of him, so suddenly, in this

out-of-the-way place, rabbed her ar

here, in this place?"

"I ao," she whispered

"Do you think I came here after you?" he sneered "I've come to see

the Squire" All the selfishness and cowardice latent in Sanderson's

character were reflected in his face, at thatit with tell-tale lines, and showing hiht to bay

Thismonths of silence, in

this remote place, deprived him, momentarily, of his customary poise

and equilibrium Why was she here? Would she denounce him to these

people? What effect would it have? were soh his brain as they stood together in the gathering

twilight

But the shrinking look in her eyes allayed his fears He read terror

in every line of her quivering figure, and in the frantic way she clung

to the well-curb to increase the space between theht to accuse, unconsciously took the attitude of supplication The

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