【】sanothershot;then,toherhorror,shesae.
buttheyanshedbashedontoahorse;thenallherhidingplaetorescueher.
buthernanabouttobehangedwonoverher
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,\vnfear.afterdisentanglingherselffroheunderbrush,she
,lurainofherdressoverherargrabbedtheenvelope,tuentookoffrunninginhisdire.
assoonassheanill
hishorse,stillhadthenooseabouthisnealasithadvedfor,sheknee.
ently,shespoketothehorse,caressingitsnoseassheaxedit
,vebaalherhandonthe
:,ianslegandlookedupathi”sir”shesaid,butsahathe
oeverything.
sohodoanoved,hedbeevenredead
\,erysoon.”ster,”shecalledup,shakinghiherhandonhiscalf.
therethen,butthehorsetueditsheadandrolleditseyesather,thenvedoforeiatientanddecidedtodiately.
asquicklyassheuld,shedivestedherselfoftheheavy,trainedskirt,allthehalfslips,thelovelyveilandthelacegloves,untilsheans
bootedfoot.
hagreatpush,shepropelledherselfontothebackofthe
saddlebehindtheunnsan.”great,”shesaidassoonassheill
afootaboveherhead,andevenifshedhadakheropewas
sothickitakenheranhourtocutit.sheters.”orasatherope.
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”youuldntean,herheadagainsthisba,shelookeddogoingtohavetoer,soidonte”