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BRANCHES, Friday night, Nove Mr Carruthers had his coffee alone Mr Barton and I breakfasted quite early, before nine o'clock, and just as I was calling the dogs in the hall for a run, with reat stairs with a frown on his face

"Up so early!" he said "Are you not going to pour out oing out," and I went on down the corridor, the wolf-hounds following me

"You are not a kind hostess!" he called after uest"

He followedthe pleasure of your host"

I said nothing I only looked at him over my shoulder as I went down the ht before

He turned back into the house without a word, and I did not see hi unpleasant about saying good-bye to a place, and I found I had all sorts of sensations rising in my throat at various points in otten As I was coust of wind nearly blewthis autu?" he said, e had recovered ourselves a little "I have searched for you all over the place"

"You do not know it all yet, or you would have found o now!" he exclai beside me "Why won't you be aize if I have been unareat frankness "Mrs Carruthers always brought ood manners"

After that he talked to otten his veheht before He asked all sorts of questions, and showed a sentiment and a delicacy I should not have expected fro sounded for luncheon and ent in

I have no settled plan infor the first tiave erness when contrasted with the dry refusal of my hand only the day before