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Wogan sat down upon a corn-bin and waited while his roomed and

fed The mare looked round once or twice in theher neck as far as her halter allowed

"I aan ht His face was of an

extraordinary pallor; his teeth chattered; his eyes burned Gaydon

looked at hiroom, "You can take the

saddles off We shall need no horses to-night"

The four an went upstairs first Gaydon

held back the other two at the foot of the stairs

"Not a word, not a question, till he has eaten, or we shall have him in

bed for a twelvemonth Misset, do you run for a doctor O'Toole, see

what you can find in the larder"

Wogan sat before the fire without a hile O'Toole spread the table

and set a couple of cold partridges upon it and a bottle of red wine

Wogan ate mechanically for a little and afterwards with soes till the bones were clean, and he finished the

bottle of wine Then he rose to his feet with a sigh of so the mantel-shelf with his hands