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III. A Girl on Horseback—Conversation

           Heheardwhatseemedtobetheflittingofadeadleafuponthebreeze,andlooked.Shehadgoneaway.

           WithanairbetweenthatofTragedyandComedyGabrielreturnedtohiswork.

           Fivemorningsandeveningspassed.Theyoungwomancameregularlytomilkthehealthycowortoattendtothesickone,butneverallowedhervisiontostrayinthedirectionofOak’sperson.Hiswantoftacthaddeeplyoffendedhernotbyseeingwhathecouldnothelp,butbylettingherknowthathehadseenit.For,aswithoutlawthereisnosin,withouteyesthereisnoindecorum;andsheappearedtofeelthatGabriel’sespialhadmadeheranindecorouswomanwithoutherownconnivance.Itwasfoodforgreatregretwithhim;itwasalsoacontretempswhichtouchedintolifealatentheathehadexperiencedinthatdirection.

           Theacquaintanceshipmight,however,haveendedinaslowforgetting,butforanincidentwhichoccurredattheendofthesameweek.Oneafternoonitbegantofreeze,andthefrostincreasedwithevening,whichdrewonlikeastealthytighteningofbonds.Itwasatimewhenincottagesthebreathofthesleepersfreezestothesheets;whenroundthedrawing-roomfireofathick-walledmansionthesitters’backsarecold,evenwhilsttheirfacesareallaglow.Manyasmallbirdwenttobedsupperlessthatnightamongthebareboughs.

           Asthemilking-hourdrewnear,Oakkepthisusualwatchuponthecowshed.Atlasthefeltcold,andshakinganextraquantityofbeddingroundtheyearlingewesheenteredthehutandheapedmorefueluponthestove.

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