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           Hebegantoplumehimselfuponhiscourage,andhadsoarrangedthestoryinhismindthathecouldlookbackontheseeventswithanunhealthypride. Ofhisaccomplicehesawbutlittle. Theymet,ofcourse,inthebusinessoftheclass; theyreceivedtheirorderstogetherfromMr.K-. Attimestheyhadawordortwoinprivate,andMacfarlanewasfromfirsttolastparticularlykindandjovial. Butitwasplainthatheavoidedanyreferencetotheircommonsecret; andevenwhenFetteswhisperedtohimthathehadcastinhislotwiththelionsandforeswornthelambs,heonlysignedtohimsmilinglytoholdhispeace. 

           Atlengthanoccasionarosewhichthrewthepaironcemoreintoacloserunion. Mr.K—wasagainshortofsubjects; pupilswereeager,anditwasapartofthisteacher’spretensionstobealwayswellsupplied. AtthesametimetherecamethenewsofaburialintherusticgraveyardofGlencorse. Timehaslittlechangedtheplaceinquestion. Itstoodthen,asnow,uponacrossroad,outofcallofhumanhabitations,andburiedfathomdeepinthefoliageofsixcedartrees. Thecriesofthesheepupontheneighbouringhills,thestreamletsuponeitherhand,oneloudlysingingamongpebbles,theotherdrippingfurtivelyfrompondtopond,thestirofthewindinmountainousoldfloweringchestnuts,andonceinsevendaysthevoiceofthebellandtheoldtunesoftheprecentor,weretheonlysoundsthatdisturbedthesilencearoundtheruralchurch.