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    ick of some kind.  running, but moving like an ate or a er.  light.

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    . , altir in t  be. Mary ed for an endless minute, and then he appeared again.

    ood in  to rig past tree.

    tepped off tood still, almost at a loss. Mary  erested in the village; and

    ly away.

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