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Thebelow the treetops to our left, what

time we reached a road, or rather cart-track that wound away up a

hill Faint and far a church clock slowly chi sweet and silvery with distance

"What chimes are those?" I inquired

"Cranbrook Church"

"Is it far to Cranbrook?"

"One mile this way, but two by the road yonder"

"You seem very well acquainted with these parts," said I

"I have lived here all my life; those are the Cambourne Woods

over there--"

"Cambourne Woods!" said I

"Part of the Sefton estates," she continued; "Caht, beyond"

"The Lady Sophia Sefton of Cahtfully

"My dearest friend," nodded my companion

"They say she is very handsome," said I

"Then they speak truth, sir"

"She has been described to me," I went on, "as a Peach, a

Goddess, and a Plum; which should you consider the lance at me froo, beside the curve of