Updated by David Widger from the 1995 edition of Michael Hart
Additional proofreading by Trevor Carlson




BEYOND THE CITY.


CHAPTER I.


THE NEW-COMERS.


"If you please, mum," said the voice of a domestic from somewhere round
the angle of the door, "number three is moving in."

Two little old ladies, who were sitting at either side of a table,
sprang to their feet with ejaculations of interest, and rushed to the
window of the sitting-room.

"Take care, Monica dear," said one, shrouding herself in the lace
curtain; "don't let them see us.

"No, no, Bertha. We must not give them reason to say that their
neighbors are inquisitive. But I think that we are safe if we stand
like this."

The open window looked out upon a sloping lawn, well trimmed and