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"Faith!--I believe she'sin her sleep," said

Melbury

However, the identity of this woman with Grace was by nothe street Percombe, the hair-dresser, who

had despoiled Marty of her tresses, was standing at his door, and they

duly put inquiries to him

"Ah--how's Little Hintock folk by now?" he said, before replying

"Never have I been over there since one winter night some three year

ago--and then I lostit How can ye live in such a

one-eyed place? Great Hintock is bad enough--hut Little Hintock--the

bats and oould drive me melancholy-mad! It took two days to raise

ht I went there

Mr Melbury, sir, as a man's that put byof the world?"

The responses at last given by hi that offered the best accoed contemporaneously with the construction of the

railway--na the others without, Melbury h his perplexity was increased, when he

received a brief reply that such a lady was in the house