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 aware of the glance that the couple exchanged when they saw him so forgive his enemy out of a natural kindness of heart.

The dog seemed less touched than they.

The man asked: “Where are you going to spend the night?”

Barney answered: “I thought maybe yuh ’d let me bunk in yer hayloft.”

He looked doubtfully at his wife. “We have n’t any hayloft,” he said.

She put in: “He could have the maid’s room—over the kitchen.”

“Yes. I suppose he could.”

“I ’ll make it up,” she said.

She left them. After a moment’s silence, the man followed her. And when they were gone, Barney turned to make a face, tauntingly, at the dog.

He was sure, from their manner, that there was some concealment of guilt in the house; and he was satisfied that he could find out what it was, before morning, if they let him spend the night under their roof.