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But it was not that had moved him to stand; for in a roan and a curse he led the way on, without

answering her Fifty paces brought theate and the road

Thoate

'Where is the carriage?' she whispered, startled by the darkness and

silence

'It should be here,' he answered, his voice betraying his perplexity

'It should be here at this gate But I--I don't see it' 'Would it have lights?' she asked anxiously He had opened the gate by

this tiether

looking up and down the road The moon was obscured, and the lanthorn's

rays were of little use to find a carriage which was not there

'It should be here, and it should have lights,' he said in evident

dismay 'I don't knohat to think of it I--ha! What is that? It is

co, I think Yes, I hear it The coachman must have drawn off a

little for some reason, and now he has seen the lanthorn' He had only the sound of wheels to go upon, but he proved to be right;

she uttered a sigh of relief as the twin lights of a carriage apparently

approaching round a bend of the road broke upon thehts drew

near and nearer, and the tutor waved his la to pass theain waved

his lanthorn and shouted, he drew up