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Meanwhile Cardo, who had driven in to the , had started on his ho

the town behind her It had been a lovely day, he had had pleasant

company, and had transacted his business satisfactorily; but a deep and

settled gloom seemed to have fallen upon hih the whole tenor of his life ran the distracting

er in the Velvet Walk, and of the

bitterness of the subsequentat Colonel Meredith's As he

stepped along through the su above hi of

his acquaintance with her Ah! how long ago it see seemed to repeat itself There

were the strains of the

air, just as they did on that eventful evening; and there was even a

grey fe before hiht how different everything was, in spite of the

curious "harking back" of all the srey figure; but forgetting her at once, and

again absorbed in thought, he had passed the hollow in the bank, when a

soft voice followed him on the breeze

"Cardo!"

Instantly he turned, and standing still as a statue, watched with

eagerness a grey fore He heard