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ately, and started at a walk, while the heat 

 and enthusiasm died slowly away, and to- 

 morrow lay as flat and cold before her as 

 the marsh at her side. She was soon out of 

 sight and hearing of the group on the road, 

 and passed on through the loneliness of the 

 barren hills, a tired figure on a tired horse, 

 forgotten by all. So it was that she saw 

 herself, with that acute perception of the 

 gloom of the position that is with some 

 natures the preliminary to tears. 



"What happened to Slaney Morris?" 

 said Lady Susan to Glasgow, an hour later, 

 as she rode home with him. " She vanished 

 like the fox. Is she a witch, too ? I think 

 she must be to have got that old crock along 

 as she did." 



"Major Bunbury will tell you all about 

 her," replied Glasgow, not without interest 

 in the manner in which the information 

 would be received. " I saw him catch her 

 up before she had gone half-a-mile." 



" Oh, the wily and dissolute old Bunny," 

 exclaimed Lady Susan, in high amusement. 



