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What was to happen then? All manner of vague and terrible fancies filled his imagination. And his daughter—what was to become of her after he was gone? Was there no escape from the invisible network which was drawn all round them. He sank his head upon the table and sobbed at the thought of his own impotence. WHAT WAS TO HAPPEN THEN ALL MANNER OF VAGUE AND TERRIBLE FANCIES FILLED HIS IMAGINATION AND HIS DAUGHTER WHAT WAS TO BECOME OF HER AFTER HE WAS GONE WAS THERE NO ESCAPE FROM THE INVISIBLE NETWORK WHICH WAS DRAWN ALL AROUND THEM HE SANK HIS HEAD UPON THE TABLE AND SOBBED AT THE THOUGHT OF HIS OWN IMPOTENCE
n of him. Whenever a horseman clattered down the road, or a driver shouted at his team, the old farmer hurried to the gate thinking that help had arrived at last. At last, when he saw five give way to four and that again to three, he lost heart, and abandoned all hope of escape. Single-handed, and with his limited knowledge of the mountains which surrounded the settlement, he knew that he was powerless. The more-frequented roads were strictly watched and guarded, and none could pass along them without an order from the Council. Turn which way he would, there appeared to be no avoiding the blow which hung over him. Yet the old man never wavered in his resolution to part with life itself before he consented to what he regarded as his daughter’s dishonour. He was sitting alone one evening pondering deeply over his troubles, and searching vainly for some way out of them. That morning had shown the figure 2 upon the wall of his house, and the next day would be the last of the allotted time. D THERE CAME NO SIGN OF HIM WHENEVER A HORSEMAN CLATTERED DOWN THE ROAD OR A DRIVER SHOUTED AT HIS TEAM THE OLD FARMER HURRIED TO THE GATE THINKING THAT HELP HAD ARRIVED AT LAST AT LAST WHEN HE SAW FIVE GIVE WAY TO FOUR AND THAT AGAIN TO THREE HE LOST HEART AND ABANDONED ALL HOPE OF ESCAPE SINGLE HANDED AND WITH HIS LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOUNTAINS WHICH SURROUNDED THE SETTLEMENT HE KNEW THAT HE WAS POWERLESS THE MORE FREQUENTED ROADS WERE STRICTLY WATCHED AND GUARDED AND NONE COULD PASS ALONG THEM WITHOUT AN ORDER FROM THE COUNCIL TURN WHICH WAY HE WOULD THERE APPEARED TO BE NO AVOIDING THE BLOW WHICH HUNG OVER HIM YET THE OLD MAN NEVER WAVERED IN HIS RESOLUTION TO PART WITH LIFE ITSELF BEFORE HE CONSENTED TO WHAT HE REGARDED AS HIS DAUGHTER'S DISHONOR HE WAS SITTING ALONE ONE EVENING PONDERING DEEPLY OVER HIS TROUBLES AND SEARCHING VAINLY FOR SOME WAY OUT OF THEM THAT MORNING HAD SHOWN THE FIGURE TOO UPON THE WALL OF HIS HOUSE AND THE NEXT DAY WOULD BE THE LAST OF THE ALLOTTED TIME
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