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Owen resolved totowards the church, doubled round a sharp angle, and came back upon the other path, by which Mrs Manston ht without a veil He discovered, as she drew nearer, a difficulty which had not struck him at first--that it is not an easy er's eyes in a merely casual encounter on a path out of doors That Mrs Manston ht close to him, and not only so, but to look closely at him, if his purpose were to be accoht by chance be effectual; if otherwise, it would not reveal his intention to her When Mrs Manston ithin speaking distance, he went up to her and said-'Will you kindly tell e?' 'The second on the right,' said Mrs Manston

Owen put on a blank look: he held his hand to his ear--conveying to the lady the idea that he was deaf

She ca on the right' Owen flushed a little He fancied he had beheld the revelation he was in search of But had his eyes deceived hi nearer and intiave her was very distressing to him

'How very deaf!' she ht_' She had advanced her face to within a foot of his own, and in speakingher eyes intently upon his And now his first suspicion was indubitably confir wasbeen solved, he unconsciously assumed his natural look before she had withdrawn her face She found hi at her as if he would read her very soul--expressing with his eyes the notification of which, apart from emotion, the eyes are ed its expression--then its colour The natural tint of the lighter portions sank to an ashy gray; the pink of her cheeks grew purpler It was the precise result which would remain after blood had left the face of one whose skin was dark, and artificially coated with pearl-powder and car a hasty reply to Owen's farewell re her hand and sht-brown colour