Eyre's acquittal : A sequel to 'Story of a sin' . , said the girl, always the first— VOL. II. 28 162 eyres acquittal. always the best. And now I am goinghome—home ! She shivered as she re-peated the word. As if it could l3e thatwithout him ... it will be all dreary andempty till he comes back (she had steppeddown into the hollow, and was walkingswiftly); and if the boys come to-day, theymust not stay-—it would torment me to seethem watching and listening for everysound, and I would rather meet him allalone ... no one on earth can love him asw^ell as I do. They went nearly in silence the rest o
Eyre's acquittal : A sequel to 'Story of a sin' . , said the girl, always the first— VOL. II. 28 162 eyres acquittal. always the best. And now I am goinghome—home ! She shivered as she re-peated the word. As if it could l3e thatwithout him ... it will be all dreary andempty till he comes back (she had steppeddown into the hollow, and was walkingswiftly); and if the boys come to-day, theymust not stay-—it would torment me to seethem watching and listening for everysound, and I would rather meet him allalone ... no one on earth can love him asw^ell as I do. They went nearly in silence the rest ofthe way ; but when they reached the cow-slip-gate she stopped, and held out herhand. Good-bye, she said ; grief has mademe very selfish—but I am grateful to you,all the same, and went Cjuickly throughthe gate into the light beyond, leaving him eyres acquittal. 1G3 alone in the shadows, yet with the pulse ofa passionate new hope and life stirring himto his inmost fibre, as he watched thatslender shape disappearing in the distance. 28—2.
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