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CHAPTER XII
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She admitted him herself.
Surely Providence was on her side; she felt almost young in her satisfaction.
Richard remained in the house about twenty minutes.

Then he walked down to the works as usual.
Shortly after his departure another visitor presented himself.

This was Mr.Wyvern.The vicar's walk in Hubert's company the evening before had extended itself from point to point, till the two reached Agworth together.

Mr.Wyvern was addicted to night-rambling, and he often covered considerable stretches of country in the hours when other mortals slept.

To-night he was in the mood for such exercise; it worked off unwholesome accumulations of thought and feeling, and good counsel often came to him in what the Greeks called the kindly time.


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