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and why should not his be likewise li the bound of his desires?

Presently Marty South discontinued her operations upon the quivering

boughs, ca oak, and prepared tea When it was

ready thein a mood to join, sat

doith the revealed itself when

the faint creaking of the joints of a vehicle beca their heads they saw Melbury's

gig approaching, the wheelsthe horse, looking back at

every few steps to caution his daughter, who kept her seat, where and

how to duck her head so as to avoid the overhanging branches They

stopped at the spot where the bark-ripping had been temporarily

suspended; Melbury cursorily exa

near to where the work down, accepted their shouted

invitation to have a dish of tea, for which purpose he hitched the

horse to a bough Grace declined to take any of their beverage, and

re dreah the hollies hich the oaks were

interspersed