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 right to remain? Why had not John married her, even if out of meeting? Why was her cousin Robert willing she should go? What was a fortune in England and all her friends in this country? These and a score of other questions she asked, forgetting that she was really not going away.

It was fortunate for her that she gave way to her feelings as she did. It was the passing shower that makes the world clearer and brighter than before, and she lay down for a short nap, knowing that through the night she must be widely awake and quick to catch the signal, "when the owl hoots thrice in quick succession."