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XVI

           Butherehewasatherside,guidingthehorsewithafirmhand,andbendingonherthekindlygleamofhisspectacles,asiftherewerenothingunusualintheirbeingtogetherinsuchcircumstances.

           Forawhileshefounditimpossibletospeak,andheseemedtounderstandthis,andmadenoattempttoquestionher.Butpresentlyshefelthertearsriseandflowdownoverherdrawncheeks;andhemusthaveseenthemtoo,forhelaidhishandonhers,andsaidinalowvoice:“Won’tyoutellmewhatistroublingyou?”

           Sheshookherhead,andhedidnotinsist:butafterawhilehesaid,inthesamelowtone,sothattheyshouldnotbeoverheard:“Charity,whatdoyouknowofyourchildhood,beforeyoucamedowntoNorthDormer?”

           Shecontrolledherself,andanswered:“NothingonlywhatIheardMr.Royallsayoneday.Hesaidhebroughtmedownbecausemyfatherwenttoprison.”

           “Andyou’veneverbeenuptheresince?”

           “Never.”

           Mr.Mileswassilentagain,thenhesaid:“I’mgladyou’recomingwithmenow.Perhapswemayfindyourmotheralive,andshemayknowthatyouhavecome.”

           TheyhadreachedHamblin,wherethesnow-flurryhadleftwhitepatchesintheroughgrassontheroadside,andintheanglesoftheroofsfacingnorth.ItwasapoorbleakvillageunderthegraniteflankoftheMountain,andassoonastheyleftittheybegantoclimb.Theroadwassteepandfullofruts,andthehorsesettleddowntoawalkwhiletheymountedandmounted,theworlddroppingawaybelowthemingreatmottledstretchesofforestandfield,andstormydarkbluedistances.

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