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UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE.

As he vanished, she made as if to descend from her seat; but glancing in the other direction she saw another form coming along the same path. It was also that of a man. He, too, was in black from top to toe; but he carried an umbrella.

He drew nearer, and the direction of the rain caused him so to slant his umbrella, that from her height above the ground his head was invisible, as she was also to him. He passed in due time directly beneath her, and in looking down upon the exterior of his umbrella her feminine eyes instinctively perceived it to be of superior silk, and of elegant make. He reached the angle of the building, and Fancy suddenly lost sight of him. Instead of pursuing the straight path, as Dick had done, he had turned sharply round to her own door.

She jumped to the floor, hastily flung off the shawl and bonnet, smoothed and

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