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VIII. Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody

           Oncomingnearer,however,theboywassomewhatsurprisedtofindthatthelittlecreaturesdidnotrunoff,andthateachworeaclog,topreventhisgoingastray;thissignifiedthattheyhadbeenbrokenin.Hecouldnowseetheinteriorofthepit,which,beinginthesideofthehill,hadalevelentrance.Intheinnermostcornerthesquareoutlineofavanappeared,withitsbacktowardshim.Alightcamefromtheinterior,andthrewamovingshadowupontheverticalfaceofgravelatthefurthersideofthepitintowhichthevehiclefaced.

           Thechildassumedthatthiswasthecartofagipsy,andhisdreadofthosewanderersreachedbuttothatmildpitchwhichtitillatesratherthanpains.Onlyafewinchesofmudwallkepthimandhisfamilyfrombeinggipsiesthemselves.Heskirtedthegravelpitatarespectfuldistance,ascendedtheslope,andcameforwarduponthebrow,inordertolookintotheopendoorofthevanandseetheoriginaloftheshadow.

           Thepicturealarmedtheboy.Byalittlestoveinsidethevansatafigureredfromheadtoheels—themanwhohadbeenThomasin’sfriend.Hewasdarningastocking,whichwasredliketherestofhim.Moreover,ashedarnedhesmokedapipe,thestemandbowlofwhichwereredalso.

           Atthismomentoneoftheheath-croppersfeedingintheoutershadowswasaudiblyshakingofftheclogattachedtoitsfoot.Arousedbythesound,thereddlemanlaiddownhisstocking,litalanternwhichhungbesidehim,andcameoutfromthevan.

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