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Chapter 10

           Smallpinkheadsofwildgladiolifloppedoutoftheshadows,andsomewarblerinthethickestofthebushesreeledoutaresonant,stutteringsong.Itmusthavebeensingingonlyafewfeetfromme,withasobbingintensity,likeanightingale,butmuchmorebrokenly.Awarningoraluringbird?Icouldn’tdecide,thoughitwasdifficultnottothinkofitasmeaningful.Itscolded,fluted,screeched,jugjugged,entranced.Suddenly,aclearbellsoundedfromsomewaybeyondtheundergrowth.Thebirdstoppedsinging,andIclimbedon.Thebellsoundedagain,threetimes.Itwasevidentlycallingpeopletosomemeal,Englishtea,orperhapsachildwasplayingwithit.Afterawhilethegroundleveledoutonthebackoftheheadland,andthetreesthinnedalittle,thoughtheundergrowthkeptonasthicklyasever.Thentherewasagate,chainedandpainted.Butthepaintwaspeeling,thechainrusty,andawell-wornwayhadbeenforcedthroughthewirebytheright-handgatepost.Awide,grassytrackledalongtheheadland,seawardsandslightlydownhill,butitcurvedbetweenthetreesandrevealednothingofthehouse.Ilistenedforaminute,buttherewasnosoundofvoices.Downthehillthebirdbegantosingagain.ThenIsawit.Iwentthroughthegap.Itwastwoorthreetreesin,rusty,barelylegible,roughlynailedhighupthetrunkofapine,inthesortofpositiononeseesTrespasserswillbeprosecutednoticesinEngland.Butthisnoticesaid,indullredlettersonawhitebackground,SALLED’ATTENTE

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