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The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist

           Inallthebroadlandscapethoseweretheonlymovingfigures,thegracefulgirlsittingverystraightuponhermachine,andthemanbehindherbendinglowoverhishandle-barwithacuriouslyfurtivesuggestionineverymovement.Shelookedbackathimandslowedherpace.Heslowedalso.Shestopped.Heatoncestopped,too,keepingtwohundredyardsbehindher.Hernextmovementwasasunexpectedasitwasspirited.Shesuddenlywhiskedherwheelsroundanddashedstraightathim.Hewasasquickasshe,however,anddartedoffindesperateflight.Presentlyshecamebackuptheroadagain,herheadhaughtilyintheair,notdeigningtotakeanyfurthernoticeofhersilentattendant.Hehadturnedalso,andstillkepthisdistanceuntilthecurveoftheroadhidthemfrommysight.

           Iremainedinmyhiding-place,anditwaswellthatIdidso,forpresentlythemanreappeared,cyclingslowlyback.HeturnedinattheHallgates,anddismountedfromhismachine.ForsomeminutesIcouldseehimstandingamongthetrees.Hishandswereraised,andheseemedtobesettlinghisnecktie.Thenhemountedhiscycle,androdeawayfrommedownthedrivetowardstheHall.Iranacrosstheheathandpeeredthroughthetrees.FarawayIcouldcatchglimpsesoftheoldgreybuildingwithitsbristlingTudorchimneys,butthedriveranthroughadenseshrubbery,andIsawnomoreofmyman.

           However,itseemedtomethatIhaddoneafairlygoodmorning’swork,andIwalkedbackinhighspiritstoFarnham.ThelocalhouseagentcouldtellmenothingaboutCharlingtonHall,andreferredmetoawell-knownfirminPallMall.

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