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Chapter 46

           Weagreedthatitshouldbecarriedintoexecution,andthatProvisshouldneverrecognizeusifwecamebelowBridge,androwedpastMillPondBank.Butwefurtheragreedthatheshouldpulldowntheblindinthatpartofhiswindowwhichgaveupontheeast,wheneverhesawusandallwasright.

           Ourconferencebeingnowended,andeverythingarranged,Irosetogo;remarkingtoHerbertthatheandIhadbetternotgohometogether,andthatIwouldtakehalfanhour’sstartofhim."Idon’tliketoleaveyouhere,"IsaidtoProvis,"thoughIcannotdoubtyourbeingsaferherethannearme.Goodby!"

           "Dearboy,"heanswered,claspingmyhands,"Idon’tknowwhenwemaymeetagain,andIdon’tlikegoodby.Saygoodnight!"

           "Goodnight!Herbertwillgoregularlybetweenus,andwhenthetimecomesyoumaybecertainIshallbeready.Goodnight,goodnight!"

           Wethoughtitbestthatheshouldstayinhisownrooms;andwelefthimonthelandingoutsidehisdoor,holdingalightoverthestair-railtolightusdownstairs.Lookingbackathim,Ithoughtofthefirstnightofhisreturn,whenourpositionswerereversed,andwhenIlittlesupposedmyheartcouldeverbeasheavyandanxiousatpartingfromhimasitwasnow.

           OldBarleywasgrowlingandswearingwhenwerepassedhisdoor,withnoappearanceofhavingceasedorofmeaningtocease.Whenwegottothefootofthestairs,IaskedHerbertwhetherhehadpreservedthenameofProvis.

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