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As he advanced towards her he saw that she was young, and that she was not what is called 'a lady'  of which he was glad: an earlier episode in his career having indissolubly associated in his mind ideas of feminine refinement with those of feminine treachery. AS HE ADVANCED TOWARDS HER HE SAW THAT SHE WAS YOUNG AND THAT SHE WAS NOT WHAT IS CALLED A LADY OF WHICH HE WAS GLAD AN EARLIER EPISODE IN HIS CAREER HAVING INDISSOLUBLY ASSOCIATED IN HIS MIND IDEAS OF FEMININE REFINEMENT WITH THOSE OF FEMININE TREACHERY
on the pleasures of a well-spent day. Five such days had already passed over his head, fifteen more remained to him. Then farewell to freedom and clean country air! Back again to London and another year's toil. He came to a gate on the right of the road. Behind it a footpath meandered up over a grassy slope. The sheep nibbling on its summit cast long shadows down the hill almost to his feet. Road and fieldpath were equally new to him, but the latter offered greener attractions; he vaulted lightly over the gate and had so little idea he was taking thus the first step towards ruin that he began to whistle 'White Wings' from pure joy of life. The sheep stopped feeding and raised their heads to stare at him from pale-lashed eyes; first one and then another broke into a startled run, until there was a sudden woolly stampede of the entire flock. When Willoughby gained the ridge from which they had just scattered, he came in sight of a woman sitting on a stile at the further end of the field. CT AND MEDITATE UPON THE PLEASURES OF A WELL SPENT DAY FIVE SUCH DAYS HAD ALREADY PASSED OVER HIS HEAD FIFTEEN MORE REMAINED TO HIM THEN FAREWELL TO FREEDOM AND CLEAN COUNTRY AIR BACK AGAIN TO LONDON AND ANOTHER YEAR'S TOIL HE CAME TO A GATE ON THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD BEHIND IT A FOOTPATH MEANDERED UP OVER A GRASSY SLOPE THE SHEEP NIBBLING ON ITS SUMMIT CAST LONG SHADOWS DOWN THE HILL ALMOST TO HIS FEET ROAD AND FIELD PATH WERE EQUALLY NEW TO HIM BUT THE LATTER OFFERED GREENER ATTRACTIONS HE VAULTED LIGHTLY OVER THE GATE AND HAD SO LITTLE IDEA HE WAS TAKING THUS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS RUIN THAT HE BEGAN TO WHISTLE WHITE WINGS FROM PURE JOY OF LIFE THE SHEEP STOPPED FEEDING AND RAISED THEIR HEADS TO STARE AT HIM FROM PALE LASHED EYES FIRST ONE AND THEN ANOTHER BROKE INTO A STARTLED RUN UNTIL THERE WAS A SUDDEN WOODY STAMPEDE OF THE ENTIRE FLOCK WHEN WILLOUGHBY GAINED THE RIDGE FROM WHICH THEY HAD JUST SCATTERED HE CAME IN SIGHT OF A WOMAN SITTING ON A STILE AT THE FURTHER END OF THE FIELD
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