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Yet the white face and set expression of the young hunter showed that in his approach to the house he had seen enough to satisfy him upon that head. YET THE WHITE FACE AND SET EXPRESSION OF THE YOUNG HUNTER SHOWED THAT IN HIS APPROACH TO THE HOUSE HE HAD SEEN ENOUGH TO SATISFY HIM UPON THAT HEAD
d back entrances are watched, but with caution we may get away through the side window and across the fields. Once on the road we are only two miles from the Ravine where the horses are waiting. By daybreak we should be half-way through the mountains.” “What if we are stopped,” asked Ferrier. Hope slapped the revolver butt which protruded from the front of his tunic. “If they are too many for us we shall take two or three of them with us,” he said with a sinister smile. The lights inside the house had all been extinguished, and from the darkened window Ferrier peered over the fields which had been his own, and which he was now about to abandon for ever. He had long nerved himself to the sacrifice, however, and the thought of the honour and happiness of his daughter outweighed any regret at his ruined fortunes. All looked so peaceful and happy, the rustling trees and the broad silent stretch of grain-land, that it was difficult to realize that the spirit of murder lurked through it all.  TO MEET IT THE FRONT AND BACK ENTRANCES WERE WATCHED BUT WITH CAUTION WE MAY GET AWAY THROUGH THE SIDE WINDOW AND ACROSS THE FIELDS ONCE ON THE ROAD WE ARE ONLY TWO MILES FROM THE RAVINE WHERE THE HORSES ARE WAITING BY DAYBREAK WE SHOULD BE HALF WAY THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WHAT IF WE ARE STOPPED ASKED FERRIER HOPE SLAPPED THE REVOLVER BUT WHICH PROTRUDED FROM THE FRONT OF HIS TUNIC IF THERE ARE TOO MANY FOR US WE SHALL TAKE TWO OR THREE OF THEM WITH US HE SAID WITH A SINISTER SMILE THE LIGHTS INSIDE THE HOUSE HAD ALL BEEN EXTINGUISHED AND FROM THE DARKENED WINDOW FERRIER PEERED OVER THE FIELDS WHICH HAD BEEN HIS OWN AND WHICH HE WAS NOW ABOUT TO ABANDON FOR EVER HE HAD LONG NERVED HIMSELF TO THE SACRIFICE HOWEVER AND THE THOUGHT OF THE HONOR AND HAPPINESS OF HIS DAUGHTER OUTWEIGHED ANY REGRET AT HIS RUINED FORTUNES ALL LOOKED SO PEACEFUL AND HAPPY THE RUSTLING TREES AND THE BROAD SILENT STRETCH OF GREENLAND THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO REALIZE THAT THE SPIRIT OF MURDER LURKED THROUGH IT ALL
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