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They went to the door, Mrs Manston shivering; but less frolect is the coldest of winter winds

It so happened that Edward Springrove was expected to arrive fro or the next, and at the sound of voices his father ca to see him A picture of disappointment seldorove's, when he saw that the coer

Mrs Manston asked for a room, and one that had been prepared for Edas i adaptable for Edward, should he co any rooht along the passage and up to her apart her

'If Mr Manston co on the bed as she had co the woman, 'tell him I cannot see him' 'Yes, ma'am' The woman left the rooone down more than two or three stairs, Mrs

Manston unfastened the door again, and held it ajar

'Bring me some brandy,' she said

The chaht up the spirit in a tumbler When she cale article of apparel, and alking up and down, as if still quite undecided upon the course it was best to adopt

Outside the door, when it was closed upon her, the maid paused to listen for an instant She heard Mrs Manston talking to herself

'This is welcome home!' she said

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A strange concurrence of pheno the auturove had ploughed, harrowed, and cleaned a narrow and shaded piece of ground, lying at the back of his house, which for many years had been looked upon as irreclairass extracted from the soil had been left to wither in the sun; afterwards it was raked together, lighted in the custoe heap in the middle of the plot

It had been kindled three days previous to Mrs Manston's arrival, and one or two villagers, of a rove, had suggested that the fire was almost too near the back of the house for its continuance to be unattended with risk; for though no danger could be apprehended whilst the air re towards the house ht possibly carry a spark across