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Then it slid into the shadows. A shrill whistle came from the interior of the wood, and the fox bounded towards it. 'Where you bin? You'm stray and lose yourself, certain sure! said a girl's voice, chidingly motherly. 'And if you'm alost, I'm alost; so come you whome. The sun's undering, and there's bones for supper!
He knew there was not a soul near, for the people from the farm at the foot of the spinney had all gone to church. 'Look here, Hazel, he said, not unkindly; 'you've got to give in, see? 'I see nought. 'You've got to come and live with me at Undern. You can wear those fine dresses. 'I'm a-cold, said Hazel; 'the sun's undering; I'd best go home-along. 'Come on, then. Up you get.
Then, as the best way of putting a stop to superstition, he caught her to him and kissed her again. 'That's what tents are for, and what you're for, he said. But he felt a chill in the place, and Hazel had frightened herself so much that she could not be lured from her aloofness. 'I mun go home-along, she said; 'the sun's undering. 'Will you come to Hunter's Spinney on Sunday? 'Why ever?
'I knelt by your bedside and fought my instincts, and they were good instincts. I had a right to them. I gave up more than you can ever guess. 'I'm much obleeged, Ed'ard, she said tremblingly. 'I've disgraced my calling, and I've this morning hurt my mother beyond healing. 'I'd best be going, Ed'ard. The sun'll soon be undering. The day blazed towards noon, but she felt the chill of darkness.
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