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Chapter 3

           Theyaskedmenoquestions,fortheyhadtheperfectbreedingofalldwellersinthewilds,butIcouldseetheysetmedownasakindofdealer,andItooksometroubletoconfirmtheirview.Ispokealotaboutcattle,ofwhichmyhostknewlittle,andIpickedupfromhimagooddealaboutthelocalGallowaymarkets,whichItuckedawayinmymemoryforfutureuse.AttenIwasnoddinginmychair,andthe“bedintheloft”receivedawearymanwhoneveropenedhiseyestillfiveo’clocksetthelittlehomesteada-goingoncemore.

           Theyrefusedanypayment,andbysixIhadbreakfastedandwasstridingsouthwardsagain.MynotionwastoreturntotherailwaylineastationortwofartheronthantheplacewhereIhadalightedyesterdayandtodoubleback.Ireckonedthatthatwasthesafestway,forthepolicewouldnaturallyassumethatIwasalwaysmakingfartherfromLondoninthedirectionofsomewesternport.IthoughtIhadstillagoodbitofastart,for,asIreasoned,itwouldtakesomehourstofixtheblameonme,andseveralmoretoidentifythefellowwhogotonboardthetrainatStPancras.

           Itwasthesamejolly,clearspringweather,andIsimplycouldnotcontrivetofeelcareworn.IndeedIwasinbetterspiritsthanIhadbeenformonths.OveralongridgeofmoorlandItookmyroad,skirtingthesideofahighhillwhichtheherdhadcalledCairnsmoreofFleet.Nestingcurlewsandploverswerecryingeverywhere,andthelinksofgreenpasturebythestreamsweredottedwithyounglambs.

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