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A dreadful enlightenh the uish, as she hastily prepared herself to go out, "how

selfishly correct I a the dearest heart that ever wo thus to herself she had lit the lantern, and hastening

out without further thought, took the direction whence the s

had proceeded The course was marked by a little path, which ended at

a distance of about forty yards in a small erection of hurdles, not

er than a shock of corn, such as were frequent in the woods

and copses when the cutting season was going on It was too slight

even to be called a hovel, and was not high enough to stand upright in;

appearing, in short, to be erected for the temporary shelter of fuel

The side towards Grace was open, and turning the light upon the

interior, she beheld what her prescient fear had pictured in snatches

all the way thither

Upon the straithin, Winterborne lay in his clothes, just as she had

seen hi the whole of her stay here, except that his hat was