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Chapter 1

           Hisaffectionforthechildmightnotbeinconsistentwithvillanyoftheworstkind;eventhatveryaffectionwasinitselfanextraordinarycontradiction,orhowcouldheleaveherthus?DisposedasIwastothinkbadlyofhim,Ineverdoubtedthathisloveforherwasreal.Icouldnotadmitthethought,rememberingwhathadpassedbetweenus,andthetoneofvoiceinwhichhehadcalledherbyhername.

           ‘Stayhereofcourse,’thechildhadsaidinanswertomyquestion,‘Ialwaysdo!’Whatcouldtakehimfromhomebynight,andeverynight!IcalledupallthestrangetalesIhadeverheardofdarkandsecretdeedscommittedingreattownsandescapingdetectionforalongseriesofyears;wildasmanyofthesestorieswere,Icouldnotfindoneadaptedtothismystery,whichonlybecamethemoreimpenetrable,inproportionasIsoughttosolveit.

           Occupiedwithsuchthoughtsasthese,andacrowdofothersalltendingtothesamepoint,Icontinuedtopacethestreetfortwolonghours;atlengththerainbegantodescendheavily,andthenover-poweredbyfatiguethoughnolessinterestedthanIhadbeenatfirst,Iengagedthenearestcoachandsogothome.Acheerfulfirewasblazingonthehearth,thelampburntbrightly,myclockreceivedmewithitsoldfamiliarwelcome;everythingwasquiet,warmandcheering,andinhappycontrasttothegloomanddarknessIhadquitted.

           Butallthatnight,wakingorinmysleep,thesamethoughtsrecurredandthesameimagesretainedpossessionofmybrain

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