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It was clear that some one bearing a lamp or a candle had climbed up the tower stairs and had then returned into the body of the house. "Who in the world can it be?" I exclaimed, speaking rather to myself than to Esther, for I could see by the surprise upon her face that she had no solution to offer. "Maybe some of the folk from Branksome-Bere have wanted to look over the place."
In front was a small lawn, girt round with a thin fringe of haggard and ill grown beeches, all gnarled and withered from the effects of the sea-spray. Behind lay the scattered hamlet of Branksome-Bere a dozen cottages at most inhabited by rude fisher-folk who looked upon the laird as their natural protector.
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