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to  the  harness  shop  in  town,  and  she
                                        might,  if  she  wished,  go  with  him,  she

                                        hailed  with  delight  the  opportunity  of

                                        leaving      Delhaven,  with  its           possible

                                        chance  of  seeing  Wilifred*           Dr.  Moran

                                        said  that  he  also  was  going  to  the  town,
                                        but  that  he  might  be  obliged  to  stay

                                        there  some  time,  so  that  she  had  better

                                        go  with  William.         Peggy  made  110  ob­
                                        jection  to  this  plan*

                                           A s  she  drove  into  the  town,  she

                                        looked  with  strange  interest  at  each  fa­

                                        miliar  feature.       It  seemed  as  if  a  long

                                        time  must  have  passed  since  she  had
                                        taken  that  walk  to  the  spot  where

                                        the  violets  grew.        W hen  Mrs.  Bagley’s

                                        lodging-house  was  reached,  she  almost
                                        fell  out  of  the  carriage  in  her  desire  to

                                        see  what  was  going  on  there.               After

                                        all,  there  was  nothing  more  interesting

                                        to  be  seen  than  the  slouchy  figure  of
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