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One entered the house, under pretence of asking the road; another

stopped before the gate, and glanced furtively into the room, as

if to avoid suspicion. Agnes went often to the door of the house

during the remainder of the day, with an undefined dread of

seeing some one approach who might cause them alarm. These

mysterious visitations, however, ceased towards noon, but they

had left an impression of impending evil on their minds, which

they felt it impossible altogether to suppress.