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Fields and hedgerows, and gentleardens,

first on one side and then on another, but they only suggested

hiding-places toould be the

consequences if I were to slip over the back of the seat on to , and then over the back of the cart and

escape

The idea was too childish, but it kept coh that dismal journey

All at once, after an hour's drive, I caught sight of a great white

house a some trees, and as we passed it Mr Soloave his head a jerk, which nearly shook off his hat

Then he poked it back straight with the handle of his whip, and I

wondered what he meant; but realised directly after that he wished to

drawprobably the one to which ere bound, for a few h blank wall, he stuck the whip behind him, and the horse stopped

of its own accord with its nose close to soates

On either side of these was a brick pillar, hat looked like an

enorht-hand

pillar there was painted a square white patch, in the centre of which

was a black knob looking out of it like an eye

I quite started, so wrapped was I in thought, when Mr Solomon spoke for

the first time in a sharp decided way

"Pop out and pull that bell," he said, looking at it as if he wondered