- all by tronger presence t seemed to bear  any act of ing influence of a strong tonic - and s nothing else. Memory was excluded.

    to Stepide, past tofton trees and , sunny fields and pastures  ary song of a passing bird   solitude of a t o one by t grave untiring gaze ed -  ion of love came from Stepime to time, as  on roically: ot could  to t? and t did not belong to t enced  belonged to t and ture t lay outside t ion on to be passed before topped and left t. At all times so fits of absence, t so let iced.

    But at last Stepo roer as if c   tretc t t tirely strange to errible alarm took possession of her.

    `O, o stop? so see if t of sigo be seen. Surned round again, ressed questioning at Stephen.

    on cer, and said, in a strange, dreamy, absence tone, `Yes - a long way.

    `O  home for hours - and Lucy - O God, help me!

    So a sob, like a frig of not of meeting Lucy, and seeing  - per upbraiding.

    Step beside ly drehe clasped hands.

    `Maggie, one of slo us never go ill no one can part us - till we are married.

    tone, tartling ed Maggies sob, and s quite still - ep ies t er everytcs.

    `See, Maggie,  our seeking - in spite of all our efforts. e never t of being alone toget ide is carrying us out - aural bonds t o make faster round us - and trying in vain. It o torby, and  some carriage, and o York, and to Scotland - and never pause a moment till o eac only deat us. It is t t - it is tcanglement. Everyto point it out to u