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Chapter 46

           Justbelowtheendofthesecond,goingdown,thestonewallontheleftterminatesinanornamentalpilasterfacingtowardstheThames.Atthispointthelowerstepswiden:sothatapersonturningthatangleofthewall,isnecessarilyunseenbyanyothersonthestairswhochancetobeabovehim,ifonlyastep.Thecountrymanlookedhastilyround,whenhereachedthispoint;andasthereseemednobetterplaceofconcealment,and,thetidebeingout,therewasplentyofroom,heslippedaside,withhisbacktothepilaster,andtherewaited:prettycertainthattheywouldcomenolower,andthatevenifhecouldnothearwhatwassaid,hecouldfollowthemagain,withsafety.

           Sotardilystolethetimeinthislonelyplace,andsoeagerwasthespytopenetratethemotivesofaninterviewsodifferentfromwhathehadbeenledtoexpect,thathemorethanoncegavethematterupforlost,andpersuadedhimself,eitherthattheyhadstoppedfarabove,orhadresortedtosomeentirelydifferentspottoholdtheirmysteriousconversation.Hewasonthepointofemergingfromhishiding-place,andregainingtheroadabove,whenheheardthesoundoffootsteps,anddirectlyafterwardsofvoicesalmostcloseathisear.

           Hedrewhimselfstraightuprightagainstthewall,and,scarcelybreathing,listenedattentively.

           ‘Thisisfarenough,’saidavoice,whichwasevidentlythatofthegentleman.‘Iwillnotsuffertheyoungladytogoanyfarther.Manypeoplewouldhavedistrustedyoutoomuchtohavecomeevensofar,butyouseeIamwillingtohumouryou.

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