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He had seen her young, calm face, shining out with great peacefulness, and the large, grave, thoughtful eyes, giving the character to the features which otherwise they might, from their very regularity, have wanted. HE HAD SEEN HER YOUNG CALM FACE SHINING OUT WITH GREAT PEACEFULNESS AND THE LARGE GRAVE THOUGHTFUL EYES GIVING THE CHARACTER TO THE FEATURES WHICH OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT FROM THEIR VERY REGULARITY HAVE WANTED
 up to Mrs. Browne's. The air on the heights was so still that nothing seemed to stir. Now and then a yellow leaf came floating down from the trees, detached from no outward violence, but only because its life had reached its full limit and then ceased. Looking down on the distant sheltered woods, they were gorgeous in orange and crimson, but their splendor was felt to be the sign of the decaying and dying year. Even without an inward sorrow, there was a grand solemnity in the season which impressed the mind, and hushed it into tranquil thought. Frank rode slowly along, and quietly dismounted at the old horse-mount, beside which there was an iron bridle-ring fixed in the gray stone wall. He saw the casement of the parlor-window open, and Maggie's head bent down over her work. She looked up as he entered the court, and his footsteps sounded on the flag-walk. She came round and opened the door. As she stood in the door-way, speaking, he was struck by her resemblance to some old painting. ATE IN AUTUMN HE RODE UP TO MISSUS BROWN'S THE AIR ON THE HEIGHTS WAS SO STILL THAT NOTHING SEEMED TO STIR NOW AND THEN A YELLOW LEAF CAME FLOATING DOWN FROM THE TREES DETACHED FROM NO OUTWARD VIOLENCE BUT ONLY BECAUSE ITS LIFE HAD REACHED ITS FULL LIMIT AND THEN CEASED LOOKING DOWN ON THE DISTANT SHELTERED WOODS THEY WERE GORGEOUS IN ORANGE AND CRIMSON BUT THEIR SPLENDOR WAS FELT TO BE THE SIGN OF THE DECAYING AND DYING YEAR EVEN WITHOUT AN INWARD SORROW THERE WAS A GRAND SOLEMNITY IN THE SEASON WHICH IMPRESSED THE MIND AND HUSHED IT INTO TRANQUIL THOUGHT FRANK RODE SLOWLY ALONG AND QUIETLY DISMOUNTED AT THE OLD HORSE MOUNT BESIDE WHICH THERE WAS AN IRON BRIDLE RING FIXED IN THE GREY STONE WALL HE SAW THE CASEMENT OF THE PARLOUR WINDOW OPEN AND MAGGIE'S HEAD BENT DOWN OVER HER WORK SHE LOOKED UP AS HE ENTERED THE COURT AND HIS FOOTSTEPS SOUNDED ON THE FLAG WALK SHE CAME ROUND AND OPENED THE DOOR AS SHE STOOD IN THE DOORWAY SPEAKING HE WAS STRUCK BY HER RESEMBLANCE TO SOME OLD PAINTING
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