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Chapter 64

           TohaveseenPhelimskulkingoff,itmighthavebeensupposed,thathewasprofitingbythechanceofferedforescapesavinghisownlife,withoutthinkingofhismaster.

           Itistruehecouldhavedonenothing,andheknewit.Hehadexhaustedhisadvocacy;andanyfurtherinterferenceonhispartwouldhavebeenanidleeffort,oronlytoaggravatetheaccusers.Itwasbutslightdisloyaltythatheshouldthinkofsavinghimselfamereinstinctofself-preservationtowhichheseemedyielding,ashestoleoffamongthetrees.Soonewouldhaveconjectured.

           ButtheconjecturewouldnothavedonejusticetohimofConnemara.Inhisflightthefaithfulservanthadnodesigntoforsakehismastermuchlessleavehimtohisfate,withoutmakingonemoreefforttoeffecthisdeliveryfromthehumanbloodhoundswhohadholdofhim.Heknewhecoulddonothingofhimself.HishopelayinsummoningZebStump,anditwastosoundthatsignalwhichhadprovedsoeffectivebeforethathewasnowstealingofffromthescene,alikeoftrialandexecution.

           Ongettingbeyondtheselvedgeofthethrong,hehadglidedinamongthetrees;andkeepingthesebetweenhimandtheangrycrowd,heranontowardthespotwheretheoldmarestillgrazeduponhertether.

           Theotherhorsesstanding"hitched"tothetwigs,formedatolerablycompacttierallroundtheedgeofthetimber.Thisaidedinscreeninghismovementsfromobservation,sothathehadarrivedbythesideofthemare,withoutbeingseenbyanyone.

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