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went, his chin first upon one shoulder, and now upon the other,

shooting furtive glances at hedges which were not hedges, and

trees which were not trees So oak tree in the daytih the shadows, on and on Presently he turned out of

the road, and there, sure enough, was the oak itself Kneeling

down, he slipped off his burden and pushed it through a jagged

hole at the root Then he glanced round hi, stealthy

look, down at the earth and up at the sky, and crept into the

tree In the di he

wanted, pause to thu up his chin, raise

his hand-"Folly!" said I aloud, and stopped suddenly inthe trees to h it was as yet, served to show that I had

reached a place where four roadsrew near by, a tree of vast girth and bigness And,

as I looked, I saw that it was an oak-tree, near the root of

which there was a jagged, black hole