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Early the next --that is to say, four hours after their stolen interview, and just as the earliest servant was heardabout--Stephen Sht he had intended to see Mr Swancourt again, but the sharp rebuff of the previous evening rendered such an interview particularly distasteful Perhaps there was another and less honest reason He decided to put it off Whatever of moral timidity or obliquity may have lain in such a decision, no perception of it was strong enough to detain him He wrote a note in his room, which stated simply that he did not feel happy in the house after Mr Swancourt's sudden veto on what he had favoured a few hours before; but that he hoped a tis of pleasure as Mr Swancourt's guest ht be recovered

He expected to find the downstairs rooives to everything out of the sun He found in the dining room a breakfast laid, of which soave the maid-servant his note of adieu She stated that Mr Swancourt had risen early thataway that she knew of

Stephen took a cup of coffee, left the house of his love, and turned into the lane It was so early that the shaded places still sht time, and the sunny spots had hardly felt the sun The horizontal rays round to show as a well-h to throw shade, and the very stones of the road cast tapering dashes of darkness ard, as long as Jael's tent-nail

At a spot not more than a hundred yards fro thence crossed the high road Stephen reached the point of intersection, stood still and listened Nothing could be heard save the lengthy,line of the sea upon the adjacent shore He looked at his watch, and then ate upon which he seated himself, to await the arrival of the carrier Whilst he sat he heard wheels coht he soon recognized as the carrier's There were the acco sounds of the owner's voice and the s air, by which he encouraged his horses up the hill