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When Grace had ascended nearly to the top of the adjoining slope she

looked back, and saw that Mrs Char her

Often during the previous night, after his call on the Melburys,

Winterborne's thoughts ran upon Grace's announced visit to Hintock

House Why could he not have proposed to ith her part of the

way? Soht not, on such an occasion, care

for his co in his garden next

day, he saw her go past on the journey with such a pretty pride in the

event He wondered if her father's ambition, which had purchased for

her the ht and culture far beyond those of any

other native of the village, would conduce to the flight of her future

interests above and away from the local life which was once to her the

movement of the world

Nevertheless, he had her father's permission to win her if he could;

and to this end it beca matters soon to a crisis,

if he ever hoped to do so If she should think herself too good for

hio and make the best of his loss; but until he