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There, against the watery light of the rainy day without, stood Mr. Buxton. He hardly spoke to her, but pushed past her, and entered the parlor. He sat down, looking as if he did not know what he was doing. THERE AGAINST THE WATERY LIGHT OF THE RAINY DAY WITHOUT STOOD MISTER BUXTON HE HARDLY SPOKE TO HER BUT PUSHED PAST HER AND ENTERED THE PARLOUR HE SAT DOWN LOOKING AS IF HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING
 'It's many a year since I saw them parlor shutters barred up at half-past eight.'" Maggie went, as soon as he was gone, and opened all the low windows, in order that they might look as usual. She wondered at her own outward composure, while she felt so dead and sick at heart. Her mother would soon get up; must she be told? Edward spoke to her now and then from his hiding-place. He dared not go back into the kitchen, into which the few neighbors they had were apt to come, on their morning's way to Combehurst, to ask if they could do any errands there for Mrs. Browne or Nancy. Perhaps a quarter of an hour or so had elapsed since the first alarm, when, as Maggie was trying to light the parlor fire, in order that the doctor, when he came, might find all as usual, she heard the click of the garden gate, and a man's step coming along the walk. She ran up stairs to wash away the traces of the tears which had been streaming down her face as she went about her work, before she opened the door. HO CAME WITH ME TO THE GATE IT'S MANY A YEAR SINCE I SAW THEM PARLOR SHUTTERS BORROWED UP AT HALF PAST EIGHT MAGGIE WENT AND AS SOON AS HE WAS GONE OPENED ALL THE LOW WINDOWS IN ORDER THAT THEY MIGHT LOOK AS USUAL SHE WONDERED AT HER OUTWARD COMPOSURE WHILE SHE FELT SO DEAD AND SICK AT HEART HER MOTHER WOULD SOON GET UP MUST SHE BE TOLD EDWARD SPOKE TO HER NOW AND THEN FROM HIS HIDING PLACE HE DARED NOT GO BACK INTO THE KITCHEN INTO WHICH THE FEW NEIGHBORS THAT THEY WERE APT TO COME ON THEIR MORNING'S WAY TO COOMBHURST TO ASK IF THEY COULD DO ANY ERRANDS THERE FOR MISSUS BROWN OR NANCY PERHAPS A QUARTER OF AN HOUR OR SO HAD ELAPSED SINCE THE FIRST ALARM WHEN AS MAGGIE WAS TRYING TO LIGHT THE PARLOR FIRE IN ORDER THAT THE DOCTOR WHEN HE CAME MIGHT FIND ALL AS USUAL SHE HEARD THE CLICK OF THE GARDEN GATE AND A MAN'S STEP COMING ALONG THE WALL SHE RAN UP STAIRS TO WASH AWAY THE TRACES OF THE TEARS WHICH HAD BEEN STREAMING DOWN HER FACE AS SHE WENT ABOUT HER WORK BEFORE SHE OPENED THE DOOR
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