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What could be Manston's reason for such an astounding trick he could by no stretch of imagination divine. He changed his direction as soon as the woman was out of sight, and plodded along the lanes homeward to Tolchurch. One new idea was suggested to him by his desire to allay Cytherea's dread of being claimed, and by the difficulty of believing that the first Mrs.

Yes, till I die I shan't die till to-morrow. 'We hope for your recovery all of us. 'I know best. Come at six o'clock, darling. 'As soon as ever I can, returned Cytherea tenderly. 'But six is too early you will have to think of your brother's breakfast. Leave Tolchurch at eight, will you? Cytherea consented to this.

An arrangement was come to whereby she was to be taken home in the pony-carriage instead of the brougham that fetched her; the carriage to put up at Tolchurch farm for the night, and on that account to be in readiness to bring her back earlier.

Shortly afterwards he was seen, on horseback, riding in a direction towards Tolchurch.

Sunday morning had come, and Owen was trudging over the six miles of hill and dale that lay between Tolchurch and Carriford. Edward Springrove's answer to the last letter, after expressing his amazement at the strange contradiction between the verses and Mrs. Morris's letter, had been to the effect that he had again visited the neighbour of the dead Mr.

So had this man, who seemed other than a labourer, on second thoughts: and he had concealed his face by his bundle of straw with the greatest ease and naturalness. The path the man had taken led, among other places, to Tolchurch, where Cytherea was living. If Mrs. Manston was murdered, as some said, on the night of the fire, Cytherea was the steward's lawful wife.

She returned to Tolchurch weary with her day's work. Owen's greeting was anxious 'Well, Cytherea? She gave him the words from the report of the inquest, pencilled on a slip of paper. 'Now to find out the name of the street and number, Owen remarked. 'Owen, she said, 'will you forgive me for what I am going to say?

After a week or two of residence in Tolchurch, and rambles amid the quaint scenery circumscribing it, a tranquillity began to spread itself through the mind of the maiden, which Graye hoped would be a preface to her complete restoration.