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that made her turn to glance at him. Distinctly, yes, she now recalled she had seen, as she glanced, a shadow of anxiety, of perplexity, rather, fall across his face; and, following his eyes, had beheld the figure of a man    a man in loose, grayish clothes, as it appeared to her    who was sauntering down the lime avenue to the court with the tentative gait of a stranger seeking his way. IT MADE HER TURN TO GLANCE AT HIM DISTINCTLY YES SHE NOW RECALLED THAT SHE HAD SEEN AS SHE GLANCED A SHADOW OF ANXIETY OF PERPLEXITY RATHER FALL ACROSS HIS FACE AND FOLLOWING HIS EYES HAD BEHELD THE FIGURE OF A MAN A MAN IN LOOSE GREYISH CLOTHES AS IT APPEARED TO HER WHO WAS SAUNTERING DOWN THE LIME AVENUE TO THE COURT WITH THE DOUBTFUL GAIT OF A STRANGER WHO SEEKS HIS WAY
ing to an unsuspected flat ledge of the roof -- the roof which, from below, seemed to slope away on all sides too abruptly for any but practised feet to scale. The view from this hidden coign was enchanting, and she had flown down to snatch Ned from his papers and give him the freedom of her discovery. She remembered still how, standing on the narrow ledge, he had passed his arm about her while their gaze flew to the long, tossed horizon-line of the downs, and then dropped contentedly back to trace the arabesque of yew hedges about the fish-pond, and the shadow of the cedar on the lawn. "And now the other way," he had said, gently turning her about within his arm; and closely pressed to him, she had absorbed, like some long, satisfying draft, the picture of the gray-walled court, the squat lions on the gates, and the lime-avenue reaching up to the highroad under the downs. It was just then, while they gazed and held each other, that she had felt his arm relax, and heard a sharp "Hullo! INE A PANEL THAT OPENED ON A FLIGHT OF CORKSCREW STAIRS LEADING TO A FLAT LEDGE ON THE ROOF THE ROOF WHICH FROM BELOW SEEMED TO SLOPE AWAY ON ALL SIDES TOO ABRUPTLY FOR ANY BUT PRACTISED FEET TO SCALE THE VIEW FROM THIS HIDDEN COIN WAS ENCHANTING AND SHE HAD FLOWN DOWN TO SNATCH NED FROM HIS PAPERS AND GIVE HIM THE FREEDOM OF HER DISCOVERY SHE REMEMBERED STILL HOW STANDING AT HER SIDE HE HAD PASSED HIS ARM ABOUT HER WHILE THEIR GAZE FLEW TO THE LONG TOSSED HORIZON LINE OF THE DOWNS AND THEN DROPPED CONTENTEDLY BACK TO TRACE THE ARABESQUE OF YEW HEDGES ABOUT THE FISHPOND AND THE SHADOW OF THE CAR ON THE LAWN AND NOW THE OTHER WAY HE HAD SAID TURNING HER ABOUT WITHIN HIS ARM AND CLOSELY PRESSED TO HIM SHE HAD ABSORBED LIKE SOME LONG SATISFYING DRAUGHT THE PICTURE OF THE GRAY WALLED COURT THE SQUAT LIONS ON THE GATES AND THE LIME AVENUE REACHING UP TO THE HIGH ROAD UNDER THE DOWNS IT WAS JUST THEN WHILE THEY GAZED AND HELD EACH OTHER THAT SHE HAD FELT HIS ARM RELAX AND HEARD A SHARP HULLO
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