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The nextGrace was at theearly She felt determined to

see hiht

o'clock struck, and she had re, as usual, her own anxiety having caused her to stir

The breakfast was set in its place without But he did not arrive to

take it; and she waited on Nine o'clock arrived, and the breakfast

was cold; and still there was no Giles A thrush, that had been

repeating itself a good deal on an opposite bush for some time, came

and took a morsel from the plate and bolted it, waited, looked around,

and took another At ten o'clock she drew in the tray, and sat down to

her own solitary meal He must have been called away on business

early, the rain having cleared off

Yet she would have liked to assure herself, by thoroughly exploring the

precincts of the hut, that he was nowhere in its vicinity; but as the

day was coer or

woodman should encounter her in such a reconnoitre paralyzed her wish