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Flaxton? The speaker turned to the parish clerk. 'I was, said Mr. Flaxton. 'And that party was the cause of a very curious change in some other people's affairs; I mean in Steve Hardcome's and his cousin James's. 'Ah! the Hardcomes, said the stranger. 'How familiar that name is to me! What of them? The clerk cleared his throat and began:
"What time did you leave the picnic grounds?" "I think it was four o'clock." "Did you come directly back?" Miss Sniffen's hard eyes fastened on Polly's face. "Oh, no! We had a beautiful ride! We went way out on the Flaxton road, along by the river. Don't you think Mr. Randolph is a very lovable man?"
Now he's not here, and as a serious old church-minister he ought to be as good as his word. Perhaps Mr. Flaxton knows, being in the same line of life? He turned to the parish clerk. 'I was talking an immense deal with him, that's true, half an hour ago, replied that ecclesiastic, as one of whom it was no erroneous supposition that he should be on intimate terms with another of the cloth.
If we take the branch-road to Flaxton, we soon see, over the distant trees, the lofty towers of Sheriff Hutton Castle, and before long reach a silent village standing near the imposing ruin. The great rectangular space, enclosed by huge corner-towers and half-destroyed curtain walls, is now utilized as the stackyard of a farm, and the effect as we approach by a footpath is most remarkable.
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