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VIII. Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers

           Insteadofattempting,bywanderinghitherandthither,thehopelesstaskoffindingsuchamerethread,shewentstraighton,trustingforguidancetohergeneralknowledgeofthecontours,whichwasscarcelysurpassedbyClym’sorbythatoftheheath-croppersthemselves.

           AtlengthThomasinreachedahollowandbegantodiscernthroughtherainafaintblottedradiance,whichpresentlyassumedtheoblongformofanopendoor.Sheknewthatnohousestoodhereabouts,andwassoonawareofthenatureofthedoorbyitsheightabovetheground.

           “Why,itisDiggoryVenn’svan,surely!”shesaid.

           AcertainsecludedspotnearRainbarrowwas,sheknew,oftenVenn’schosencentrewhenstayinginthisneighbourhood;andsheguessedatoncethatshehadstumbleduponthismysteriousretreat.Thequestionaroseinhermindwhetherornotsheshouldaskhimtoguideherintothepath.Inheranxietytoreachhomeshedecidedthatshewouldappealtohim,notwithstandingthestrangenessofappearingbeforehiseyesatthisplaceandseason.Butwhen,inpursuanceofthisresolve,Thomasinreachedthevanandlookedinshefoundittobeuntenanted;thoughtherewasnodoubtthatitwasthereddleman’s.Thefirewasburninginthestove,thelanternhungfromthenail.Roundthedoorwaythefloorwasmerelysprinkledwithrain,andnotsaturated,whichtoldherthatthedoorhadnotlongbeenopened.

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