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XLIII. Fanny's Revenge

           Ifsheweretogotohimnowatonceandsaynomorethanthesefewwords,"Whatisthetruthofthestory?"hewouldfeelboundinhonourtotellher.Itwouldbeaninexpressiblerelief.Nofurtherspeechwouldneedtobeuttered.Heknewhersowellthatnoeccentricityofbehaviourinherwouldalarmhim.

           Sheflungacloakroundher,wenttothedoorandopenedit.Everyblade,everytwigwasstill.Theairwasyetthickwithmoisture,thoughsomewhatlessdensethanduringtheafternoon,andasteadysmackofdropsuponthefallenleavesundertheboughswasalmostmusicalinitssoothingregularity.Itseemedbettertobeoutofthehousethanwithinit,andBathshebaclosedthedoor,andwalkedslowlydownthelanetillshecameoppositetoGabriel’scottage,wherehenowlivedalone,havingleftCoggan’shousethroughbeingpinchedforroom.Therewasalightinonewindowonly,andthatwasdownstairs.Theshutterswerenotclosed,norwasanyblindorcurtaindrawnoverthewindow,neitherrobberynorobservationbeingacontingencywhichcoulddomuchinjurytotheoccupantofthedomicile.Yes,itwasGabrielhimselfwhowassittingup:hewasreading.Fromherstanding-placeintheroadshecouldseehimplainly,sittingquitestill,hislightcurlyheaduponhishand,andonlyoccasionallylookinguptosnuffthecandlewhichstoodbesidehim.Atlengthhelookedattheclock,seemedsurprisedatthelatenessofthehour,closedhisbook,andarose.Hewasgoingtobed,sheknew,andifshetappeditmustbedoneatonce.

           Alasforherresolve!Shefeltshecouldnotdoit.

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