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that he was likely in consequence to alter his 

 mode of life. But I am very much afraid that 

 we shall hear before long of his having done 

 something which will bring him into serious 

 trouble. There is, I am told, a strict watch 

 being kept upon him, and if he is caught out 

 in what he is suspected of, he will find it a 

 much graver affair than being caught in my 

 orchard." 



They had now reached the place where the 

 nest of eggs had been hid away, and having 

 easily found them, resumed their walk, which 

 they finished without meeting with any further 

 incident worth mentioning. 



