* * * * *

It was this kind of considerations, therefore, that sent her swiftly to
and fro, up and down the path under the darkening sky--if they can be
called considerations which beat on the mind like a clamour of shouting;
and, as she went, she strove to offer all to God: she entreated Him to
do His will, yet not to break her heart; to break her heart, yet not
Robin's; to break both her heart and Robin's, if that Will could not
otherwise be served.

Her lips moved now and again as she went; but her eyes were downcast and
her face untroubled....

* * * * *

As the bell in the court rang for supper she went to the door and looked
through. The man was just saddling up in the stable-door opposite.

"Jack," she called, "here is the letter. Take if safely."

Then she went in to supper.




CHAPTER VI


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