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be taken of me, and what small mercy such a visitor as Mr

Thorold would uardians So with a

doubtful heart I kissed Miss Cardigan, and went back over the

way to prepare for my journey Which was, however, thrown over

by a storm till the next week

The journey e, to see the unifore of people, in or out of the cars

They would have kepthad been possible The war, - the recruiting for the

war, - the co to s everywhere, and heard theton was a long fever dream, as it seems

to me now; it seemed a little so to ton; but the thought that

now becaht be,

could scarce be kept in check by the reflection that he

certainly would not be at the railway station He was not

there; and Dr Sandford was; and a carriage presently conveyed

us to the house where rooms for us were provided Not a hotel,

I was sorry to find By no chance could I see Thorold

elsewhere than in a hotel