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           Hecoloureddeeper,withadifferentfeeling,mutteredanoath,andturnedaway.

           "Whoishismaster?"continuedthetiresomegirl,appealingtome."Hetalkedabout‘ourhouse’and‘ourfolk.’Ithoughthehadbeentheowner’sson.Andheneversaid,Miss;heshouldhavedone,shouldn’the,ifhe’saservant?"

           Haretongrewblackasathundercloud,atthischildishspeech.Isilentlyshookmyquestioner,andatlastsucceededinequippingherfordeparture.

           "Now,getmyhorse,"shesaid,addressingherunknownkinsmanasshewouldoneofthestable-boysattheGrange."Andyoumaycomewithme.Iwanttoseewherethegoblin-hunterrisesinthemarsh,andtohearaboutthefairishes,asyoucallthem:butmakehaste!What’sthematter?Getmyhorse,Isay."

           "I’llseetheedamnedbeforeIbethyservant!"growledthelad.

           "You’llseemewhat?"askedCatherineinsurprise.

           "Damned—thousaucywitch!"hereplied.

           "There,MissCathy!youseeyouhavegotintoprettycompany,"Iinterposed."Nicewordstobeusedtoayounglady!praydon’tbegintodisputewithhim.Come,letusseekforMinnyourselves,andbegone."

           "But,Ellen,"criedshe,staring,fixedinastonishment,"howdarehespeaksotome?Mustn’thebemadetodoasIaskhim?Youwickedcreature,Ishalltellpapawhatyousaid.—Now,then!"

           Haretondidnotappeartofeelthisthreat;sothetearssprangintohereyeswithindignation.