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Why had the familiar appearance of Peters made him anxious? Why, above all, if it was of such prime necessity to confer with that authority on the subject of the stable drains, had the failure to find him produced such a look of relief? WHY HAD THE FAMILIAR APPEARANCE OF PETER'S MADE HIM ANXIOUS WHY ABOVE ALL IF IT WAS OF SUCH PRIME NECESSITY TO CONFER WITH HIM ON THE SUBJECT OF THE STABLE DRAINS HAD THE FAILURE TO FIND HIM PRODUCED SUCH A LOOK OF RELIEF
of their first vision from Meldon Steep, a height which they had dreamed of climbing ever since they had first seen its bare spine heaving itself above the low roof of Lyng. Doubtless it was the mere fact of the other incident's having occurred on the very day of their ascent to Meldon that had kept it stored away in the unconscious fold of association from which it now emerged; for in itself it had no mark of the portentous. At the moment there could have been nothing more natural than that Ned should dash himself from the roof in the pursuit of dilatory tradesmen. It was the period when they were always on the watch for one or the other of the specialists employed about the place; always lying in wait for them, and dashing out at them with questions, reproach, or reminders. And certainly in the distance the gray figure had looked like Peters. Yet now, as she reviewed the rapid scene, she felt her husband's explanation of it to have been invalidated by the look of anxiety on his face. D INDEED BEEN IMMEDIATELY OBLITERATED BY THE MAGIC OF THEIR FIRST VISION FROM MELTON STEEP A HEIGHT WHICH THEY HAD DREAMED OF CLIMBING EVER SINCE THEY HAD FIRST SEEN ITS BARE SPINE RISING ABOVE THE ROOF OF LINE DOUBTLESS IT WAS THE MERE FACT OF THE OTHER INCIDENTS HAVING OCCURRED ON THE VERY DAY OF THEIR ASCENT TO MELTON THAT HAD KEPT IT STORED AWAY IN THE FOLD OF MEMORY FROM WHICH IT NOW EMERGED FOR IN ITSELF IT HAD NO MARK OF THE PORTENTOUS AT THE MOMENT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN NOTHING MORE NATURAL THAN THAT NED SHOULD DASH HIMSELF FROM THE ROOF IN PURSUIT OF DILATORY TRADESMEN IT WAS THE PERIOD WHEN THEY WERE ALWAYS ON THE WATCH FOR ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE SPECIALISTS EMPLOYED ABOUT THE PLACE ALWAYS LYING IN WAIT FOR THEM AND RUSHING OUT AT THEM WITH QUESTIONS REPROACHES OR REMINDERS AND CERTAINLY IN THE DISTANCE THE GRAY FIGURE HAD LOOKED LIKE PETER'S YET NOW AS SHE REVIEWED THE SCENE SHE FELT HER HUSBAND'S EXPLANATION OF IT TO HAVE BEEN INVALIDATED BY THE LOOK OF ANXIETY ON HIS FACE
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