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tween here and The Meadows, if they kept 
along the path.” 
“ Nor I,” replied Richard ; “ and yet I can¬ 
not help feeling uneasy. It is so unlike 
Annie to keep any one waiting. Suppose, 
Sidney, you tie your horse to the back of 
the wagon and drive the girls home, and I 
will go back by the road and see if I can 
see or hear any thing of them.” 
Sidney agreed, and Richard set out on his 
walk; but when Matilda found out the change 
of drivers she declared she could not and 
would not trust herself in the wagon. She 
did not believe Sidney could manage the 
horses, and they would run away: Richard 
had no business to leave them; and, in short, 
she would not go with Sidney, if she never 
got home. 
“Then you may stay!” said Sidney, pro¬ 
voked beyond all patience by her absurdity, 
and perhaps by the imputation cast upon 
his driving. “And I will go home with 
Daisy. I know something serious has hap¬ 
pened.” 
“Do get in, Matilda,” said Kate, with au¬ 
thority, “and don’t make a scene here in 
the street. Just look at Daisy, how quiet 
