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Chapter 35

           Ontheyallwent;norstoppedtheyoncetobreathe,untiltheleader,strikingoffintoanangleofthefieldindicatedbyOliver,begantosearch,narrowly,theditchandhedgeadjoining;whichaffordedtimefortheremainderofthepartytocomeup;andforOlivertocommunicatetoMr.Losbernethecircumstancesthathadledtosovigorousapursuit.

           Thesearchwasallinvain.Therewerenoteventhetracesofrecentfootsteps,tobeseen.Theystoodnow,onthesummitofalittlehill,commandingtheopenfieldsineverydirectionforthreeorfourmiles.Therewasthevillageinthehollowontheleft;but,inordertogainthat,afterpursuingthetrackOliverhadpointedout,themenmusthavemadeacircuitofopenground,whichitwasimpossibletheycouldhaveaccomplishedinsoshortatime.Athickwoodskirtedthemeadow-landinanotherdirection;buttheycouldnothavegainedthatcovertforthesamereason.

           ‘Itmusthavebeenadream,Oliver,’saidHarryMaylie.

           ‘Ohno,indeed,sir,’repliedOliver,shudderingattheveryrecollectionoftheoldwretch’scountenance;‘Isawhimtooplainlyforthat.Isawthemboth,asplainlyasIseeyounow.

           ‘Whowastheother?’inquiredHarryandMr.Losberne,together.

           ‘TheverysamemanItoldyouof,whocamesosuddenlyuponmeattheinn,’saidOliver.‘Wehadoureyesfixedfulluponeachother;andIcouldsweartohim.

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