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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. 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
ot know it. "Not till long afterward," Alida Stair had said. Well, supposing Ned had seen one when they first came, and had known only within the last week what had happened to him? More and more under the spell of the hour, she threw back her searching thoughts to the early days of their tenancy, but at first only to recall a gay confusion of unpacking, settling, arranging of books, and calling to each other from remote corners of the house as treasure after treasure of their habitation revealed itself to them. It was in this particular connection that she presently recalled a certain soft afternoon of the previous October, when, passing from the first rapturous flurry of exploration to a detailed inspection of the old house, she had pressed like a novel heroine a panel that opened at her touch, on a narrow flight of stairs leading 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.  BEARING ON THE CASE SINCE WHEN ONE DID SEE A GHOST AT LYING ONE DID NOT KNOW IT NOT TILL LONG AFTERWARDS ALIDA STARE HAD SAID WELL SUPPOSING NED HAD SEEN ONE WHEN THEY FIRST CAME AND HAD KNOWN ONLY WITHIN THE LAST WEEK WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIM MORE AND MORE UNDER THE SPELL OF THE HOUR SHE THREW BACK HER THOUGHTS TO THE EARLY DAYS OF THEIR TENANCY BUT AT FIRST ONLY TO RECALL A LIVELY CONFUSION OF UNPACKING SETTLING ARRANGING OF BOOKS AND CALLING TO EACH OTHER FROM REMOTE CORNERS OF THE HOUSE AS TREASURE AFTER TREASURE IT REVEALED ITSELF TO THEM IT WAS IN THIS PARTICULAR CONNECTION THAT SHE PRESENTLY RECALLED A CERTAIN SOFT AFTERNOON OF THE PREVIOUS OCTOBER WHEN PASSING FROM THE FIRST RAPTUROUS FLURRY OF EXPLORATION TO A DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE OLD HOUSE SHE HAD PRESSED LIKE A NOVEL HEROINE 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
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