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John Halifax
Gentleman

CHAPTER IX
18/19

And that wood below; what a clear line its top makes against the yellow sky! There, that high ground to the right; it's all dusky now, but it is such a view by daylight.

And between it and Enderley is the prettiest valley, where the road slopes down just under those chestnut-trees." "How well you seem to know the place already." "As I tell you, I like it.

I hardly ever felt so content before.

We will have a happy time, Phineas." "Oh, yes!" How--even if I had felt differently--could I say anything but "yes" to him then?
I lay until it grew quite dark, and I could only see a dim shape sitting at the window, instead of John's known face; then I bade him good-night, and retired.

Directly afterwards, I heard him, as I knew he would, dash out of the house, and away up the Flat.


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