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They left the tree and went back to the Marshalls, and then down the

hill to Mrs Caffyn and Clara Clara wasthe whole party returned to Letherhead,

Clara and Mrs Caffyn going on to Great Oakhurst Madge kept close to

her sister till they separated, and the twothe Letherhead people cao back to London in the afternoon, but Mrs Caffyn and

Clara were to stay till Tuesday, as they stood a better chance of

securing places by the coach on that day Mrs Caffyn had as e had been the Tower of London The wonder

of wonders, however, was a big house, where she ell known, and

its hot-houses Madge wanted to speak to Clara, but it was difficult

to find a private opportunity When they were in the garden,

however, she ed to take Clara unobserved down one of the twisted

paths, under pretence of ad an ancient mulberry tree

'Clara,' she said, 'I want a ith you Baruch Cohen loves me'

'Do you love him?' 'Yes'

'Without a shadow of a doubt?'

'Without a shadow of a doubt'

Clara put her arm round her sister, kissed her tenderly and said, 'Then I am perfectly happy'

'Did you suspect it?'

'I knew it'

Mrs Caffyn called the, and soon afterwards

those who had to go to London that afternoon left for Letherhead

Clara stood at the gate for a long tiht, white road They caainst the sky; they passed over the ridge and she

went indoors In the evening a friend called to see Mrs Caffyn, and

Clara went to the stone bridge which she had visited on Saturday