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Chapter 1

           Heretheredraysofthesunshotabrokenanddiscolouredlight,thatpartiallyhungupontheshatteredboughsandmossytrunksofthetrees,andtheretheyilluminatedinbrilliantpatchestheportionsofturftowhichtheymadetheirway.Aconsiderableopenspace,inthemidstofthisglade,seemedformerlytohavebeendedicatedtotheritesofDruidicalsuperstition;for,onthesummitofahillock,soregularastoseemartificial,therestillremainedpartofacircleofroughunhewnstones,oflargedimensions.Sevenstoodupright;theresthadbeendislodgedfromtheirplaces,probablybythezealofsomeconverttoChristianity,andlay,someprostrateneartheirformersite,andothersonthesideofthehill.Onelargestoneonlyhadfounditswaytothebottom,andinstoppingthecourseofasmallbrook,whichglidedsmoothlyroundthefootoftheeminence,gave,byitsopposition,afeeblevoiceofmurmurtotheplacidandelsewheresilentstreamlet.

           Thehumanfigureswhichcompletedthislandscape,wereinnumbertwo,partaking,intheirdressandappearance,ofthatwildandrusticcharacter,whichbelongedtothewoodlandsoftheWest-RidingofYorkshireatthatearlyperiod.Theeldestofthesemenhadastern,savage,andwildaspect.

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