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Rh as he crossed the lonely moor he was singing his favorite hymn for company:

He went over and over the verses, trying to make them fit, first to one tune he liked, and then another. Not far from Aske Hall, he saw two men leap over the wall and disappear. He called to them to come and clean the balled snow out of his horses feet, but they paid no attention to his request. The circumstance, though a trivial one, impressed him unpleasantly. The spirit of song was gone, he was suddenly