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The few passengers, having crossed over to the other side long before this time, had taken their places at once

A conviction suddenly broke in upon Edward's mind; then a wish overwhel as it was sudden--was that Manston was a villain, who at some earlier time had discovered that his wife lived, and had bribed her to keep out of sight, that he ht possess Cytherea The as--to proceed at once by this very train that was starting, find Manston before he would expect froot it) that anybody froe him boldly with the criuilty) for a solution of the extraordinary riddle, and the release of Cytherea!

The ticket-office had been locked up at the expiration of the tiuard blew his whistle, Edward opened the door of a carriage and leapt in The train rove had long since passed that peculiar line which lies across the course of falling in love--if, indeed, it may not be called the initial itself of the co to cherish; when the woion of ion of wares to him in tone, hue, and expression All about the loved one that said 'She' before, says 'We' now Eyes that were to be subdued become eyes to be feared for: a brain that was to be probed by cynicism becomes a brain that is to be tenderly assisted; feet that were to be tested in the dance become feet that are not to be distressed; the once-criticized accent, manner, and dress, become the clients of a special pleader

6 FIVE TO EIGHT O'CLOCK PM

Now that he was fairly on the track, and had begun to cool down, Edward real authority whatever to question Manston or interfere between him and Cytherea as husband and wife He no the wisdoned confession from the porter The document would not be a death-bed confession--perhaps not worth anything legally --but it would be held by Owen; and he alone, as Cytherea's natural guardian, could separate theht perhaps be called the hallucination of an idiot Edward himself, however, was as firmly convinced as the rector had been of the truth of the man's story, and paced backward and forward the solitary coh the dark heathery plains, thecoppices, as resolved as ever to pounce on Manston, and charge hi the critical interval between the reception of the telegra to circu up his ht arise