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Book 2, chapter 4 of a study in 
Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan 

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Doyle. 
This LibriVox recording is in 

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the public domain. 
Book 2 chapter 4, a flight for 

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life. 
On the morning, which followed 

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his interview with the Mormon 
prophet. 

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John Ferrier went into Salt Lake
City, and having found his 

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acquaintance who was bound for 
the Nevada mountains. 

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He entrusted him with his 
message to Jefferson. 

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Hope in it. 
He told the young man of the 

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imminent danger, which 
threatened them and how 

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necessary it was that he should 
return having done this. 

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He felt easier in his mind and 
returned home with a lighter 

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heart. 
As he approached his farm. 

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He was surprised to see a horse 
hitch to each of the posts of 

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the gate. 
Still more surprised. 

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Was he on entering to find two 
young men in possession of his 

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sitting room, one with a long 
pale face was leaning back in 

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the rocking chair. 
And with his feet cocked up upon

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the stove, the other a 
bull-necked youth. 

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With course bloated features was
standing in front of the window 

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with his hands. 
In his pocket whistling of 

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popular him. 
Both of them, nodded to Faria as

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he entered and the one in the 
rocking chair. 

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Commenced the conversation. 
Maybe you don't know us, he said

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this, here is a son of Elder 
driver and I'm Joseph stangerson

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who travel with you in the 
desert. 

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When the Lord stretched out his 
hand and gathered you into the 

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true fold. 
As he will with all the nations 

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in his own. 
Good time. 

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Said the other in a nasal voice.
He grinded slowly but exceeding 

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small. 
John Ferrier bowed coldly. 

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He had guests who his visitors 
were. 

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We have come continued 
stangerson at the advice of our 

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fathers to solicit the hand of 
your daughter. 

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For whichever of us. 
May seem good to you and to her,

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as I have, but four wives and 
brother drebber here has seven. 

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It appears to me. 
That my claim is the stronger. 

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One Nene, brother. 
Stangerson cried. 

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The other. 
The question is not how many 

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wives we have. 
But how many we can keep my 

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father has now given over his Is
Tommy and I am the Richer man, 

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but my prospects of better said,
the other warmly, when the Lord 

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removes my father, I shall have 
his tanning yard and his leather

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factory. 
Then I am your Elder and I'm 

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higher in the church. 
It will be for the maiden to 

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decide rejoined, young drebber 
smirking at his own reflection 

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in the glass. 
We will leave it all to her 

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decision. 
During this dialogue, John 

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Ferrier had stood fuming in the 
doorway hardly able to keep his 

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riding-whip from the backs of 
his to visitors. 

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Look here. 
He said at last striding up to 

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them when my daughter summons 
you you can come but until then 

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I don't want to see your faces 
again. 

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The two young moments stared at 
him in amazement in their eyes. 

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This competition between them 
for the maidens. 

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Hand was the highest of honors 
both to her and her father. 

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There are two ways out of the 
room cried. 

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Ferrier. 
There's the door and there's the

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window, which do you care to 
use? 

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His Brown face looks so Savage 
and is gone hands. 

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So threatening that is visitors 
sprang to their feet and beat A 

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hurried Retreat. 
The old farmer followed them to 

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the door. 
Let me know when you've settled 

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which it is to be. 
He said sardonically. 

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You shall smart for this 
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rage. 
You have defied, the prophet and

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the Council of four you shall 
Rue it. 

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To the end of your days. 
The hand of the Lord shall be 

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heavy upon you cried young 
driba. 

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He will arise and smite you. 
Then I'll start the smiting. 

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Explain farrier furiously and 
would have rushed upstairs for 

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his gun had not, Lucy, seized 
him, by the arm and Trained him 

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before he could escape from her.
The clatter of horses hooves 

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told him that they were Beyond 
his reach, The Young canting 

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Rascals. 
He exclaimed wiping the 

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perspiration from his forehead. 
I would sooner see you in your 

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grave, my girl then the wife of 
either of them. 

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And so should I father she 
answered with Spirit, but 

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Jefferson will soon be here. 
Yes, it will not be long before 

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he comes the sooner. 
The better for we do not know 

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what their next move. 
Maybe. 

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It was indeed High time that 
someone capable of giving advice

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and help should come to the aid 
of the sturdy old farmer. 

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And his adopted daughter in the 
whole history of the settlement.

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There had never been such a case
of rank Disobedience to the 

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authority of the elders. 
If minor errors were punished so

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sternly what would be the fate 
of this Arch? 

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Rebel Faria knew that his wealth
and position would be of no 

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avail to him others as well. 
Known and as rich as himself had

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been Spirited Away before now 
and their goods given over to 

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the church. 
He was a brave man, but he 

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trembled at the vague shadowy 
Terrors, which hung over him. 

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Any known danger. 
He could face with a firm lip, 

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but this suspense was unnerving.
He concealed his fears from his 

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daughter, however, and affected 
to make light of the whole 

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matter though. 
She with the Keen Eye Of Love, 

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saw plainly that he was Ill at 
ease. 

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He expected that he would 
receive some message or 

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remonstrance from young as to 
his conduct. 

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And he was not mistaken though. 
It came in an unlooked-for 

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manner upon Rising next morning.
He found to his surprise a small

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square of paper pinned onto the 
coverlet of his bed. 

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Just over his chest on, it was 
printed in bold, straggling 

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letters. 29 days are given you 
for Amendment and then the dash 

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was more fear-inspiring than any
threat could have been. 

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How this warning came into his 
room. 

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Puzzled. 
John Ferrier solely for his 

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servants, slept in an outhouse 
and the doors and windows had 

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all been secured. 
He crumpled the paper up and 

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said nothing to his daughter, 
but the incident struck a chill 

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into his heart. 
The 29 days were evidently the 

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balance of the month, which 
young had promised, what 

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strength, or courage could Avail
against an enemy armed with such

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mysterious Powers the hand which
fuss and Duckpin might have 

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struck him to the heart and he 
could never have known who had 

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slain him. 
Still more shaken, was he? 

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Next morning. 
They had sat down to their 

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breakfast when Lucy with a cry 
of surprise pointed upwards in 

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the center of the ceiling was 
scrawled with a burned stick. 

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Apparently, the number 28 to his
daughter. 

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It was unintelligible. 
And he did not Enlighten her 

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that night, he sat up with his 
gun and kept watch and ward. 

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He saw and he heard nothing. 
And yet in the morning, a great 

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27 have been Entered upon the 
outside of his door. 

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Thus day followed day. 
And as sure as morning came, he 

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found that his unseen enemies 
had kept their register and had 

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marked up in some conspicuous 
position. 

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How many days were still left to
him? 

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Out of the month of Grace? 
Sometimes the Fatal numbers 

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appeared upon the walls 
sometimes upon the floors 

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occasionally. 
They were on small placards 

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stuck upon the garden gate or 
the railings. 

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With all his vigilance John, 
Ferrier could not discover 

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whence these daily warnings 
preceded, a horror, which was 

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almost superstitious Came Upon 
him at the sight of them. 

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He became Haggard and restless 
and his eyes had the troubled 

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look of some hunted creature. 
He had but one hope in life now 

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and that was for the arrival of 
the young hunter from, Nevada. 

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20th changed to 15 and 15 to 10.
But there was no news of the 

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absentee one by one, the numbers
dwindle down and still there 

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came no sign of him. 
Whenever a Horseman clattered 

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down the road or a driver 
shouted, at his team, the old 

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farmer hurried to the gate 
thinking that help had arrived 

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at last. 
At last, when he saw five give 

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way to four and that again, two 
three, he lost heart and 

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abandoned all hope of Escape. 
Single-handed and with his 

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limited knowledge of the 
mountains, which surrounded the 

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settlement, he knew that he was 
powerless. 

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The more frequented roads was 
strictly watched and guarded and

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non could pass along them 
without an order from the 

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council. 
Turn, which way he would there 

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appeared to be no avoiding the 
blow, which hung over him. 

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Yet. 
The old man never wavered in his

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resolution to part with life 
itself, before he consented to 

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what he regarded as his 
daughters dishonor. 

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He was sitting alone one evening
pondering deeply over his 

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troubles and searching vainly. 
For some way out of them that 

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morning had shown the figure to 
upon the wall of his house. 

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And the next day would be the 
last of the allotted time. 

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What was to happen? 
Then all manner of vague. 

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And terrible. 
Fancies filled his imagination 

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and his daughter. 
What was to become of her after 

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he was gone. 
Was there no escape from the 

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invisible network which was 
drawn all around them. 

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He sank his head upon the table 
and sobbed at the thought of his

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own impotence. 
What was that in the silence? 

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He had a gentle scratching sound
low, but very distinct in the 

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quiet of the night. 
It came from the door of the 

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house, Faria crept into the hall
and listened intently. 

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There was a pause for a few 
moments. 

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And then the low Insidious sound
was repeated. 

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Someone was evidently tapping, 
very gently upon one of the 

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panel's of the door. 
Was it? 

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Some midnight assassin who had 
come to carry out the murderers 

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orders of the secret tribunal? 
Or was it some agent who is 

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marking up that the last day of 
Grace had arrived, John? 

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Ferrier felt that instant death 
would be better than the 

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suspense, which shook his nerves
and chilled his heart springing 

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forward. 
He drew the bolt and threw the 

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door open. 
Outside all was calm and quiet. 

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The night was fine and the stars
were twinkling brightly 

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overhead. 
The little front garden lay 

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before the farmers eyes bounded 
by the fence and gate, but 

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neither there, nor on the road 
was any human being to be seen? 

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With a sigh of relief, very 
looked right? 

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And two left until happening to 
glanced straight down at his own

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feet. 
He saw to his astonishment, a 

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man lying flat upon his face 
upon the ground with arms and 

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legs all a sprawl. 
So unnerved was he at the sight 

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that he leaned up against the 
wall with his hand to his 

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throat? 
To stifle his inclination to 

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call out. 
His first thought was that the 

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prostrate figure was that of 
some wounded or dying man, but 

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as he watched it, he saw it ride
along the ground and into the 

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hall with the rapidity and 
noiselessness of a serpent once 

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within the house, the man sprang
to his feet, close the door and 

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reveal to the astonished farmer,
the fierce face and resolute. 

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Russian of Jefferson. 
Hope. 

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Good. 
God gasps John Ferrier how you 

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scared me? 
Whatever made you come in like 

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that, give me food. 
The other said hoarsely I have 

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had no time for bite or sup for 
eight-and-forty hours. 

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He flung himself upon the cold 
meat and bread which was still 

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lying upon the table from his 
host suffer and devoured it 

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voraciously. 
Does Lucy Barrett? 

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Well, he asked when he had 
satisfied his hunger. 

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Yes. 
She does not know the danger, 

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her father answered. 
That is, well. 

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The house is watched on every 
side. 

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That is why I crawled my way up 
to it. 

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They may be done sharp, but 
they're not quite sharp enough 

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to watch a was who Hunter? 
John Ferrier felt a different 

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man now that he realized that he
had a devoted a lie. 

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He sees the young man's leathery
hand and wrung it. 

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Cordially, you're a man to be 
proud of he said, there are not 

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many, who would come to share 
our danger and our troubles. 

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You've hit it there pod, the 
young Hunter answered. 

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I have a respect for you. 
But if you are alone in this 

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business, I'd think twice. 
Before I put my head into such a

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hornet's nest. 
It's Lucy that brings me here. 

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And before harm comes on her. 
I guess they'll be one less of 

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the Hope Family in Utah. 
What are we to do? 

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Tomorrow is your last day and 
unless you act tonight, you're 

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lost. 
I have a mule and two horses 

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waiting in the eagle Ravine. 
How much money have you two 

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thousand dollars in gold and 
five in notes that will do? 

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I have as much more to add to 
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We must push for Carson City 
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best. 
Wait, Lucy. 

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It is as well that the servants 
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While farrier was absent 
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approaching Journey Jefferson. 
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that he could find into a small 
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jar with water. 
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the mountain Wells were few and 
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He had hardly completed his 
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returned with his daughter, all 
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The greeting between the lovers 
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were precious and there was much
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We must make our start at once, 
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Hope speaking in a low but 
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realizes the greatness of the 
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to meet it. 
The front and back entrances are

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watched. 
But with caution we may get away

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through the side window and 
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Once on the road. 
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Ravine where the horse is 
awaiting by Daybreak. 

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We should be halfway through the
mountains. 

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What if we are stopped asked 
Faria, hope slap the revolver, 

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but which protruded from the 
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too many for us. 
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them with us. 
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The lights inside the house at 
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the darkened window fairy 
appeared over the fields, which 

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had been his own, and which she 
was now about to abandon 

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forever. 
He had long nerved himself to 

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the sacrifice. 
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honour, and happiness of his 
daughter, outweighed, any regret

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at his ruined fortunes, All 
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rustling trees and the broad 
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but it was difficult to realize 
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through it all yet, the white 
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young Hunter showed that in his 
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He had seen enough to satisfy 
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Ferrier carried the bag of gold 
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Hope had the scanty provisions 
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valued possessions opening the 
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carefully. 
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Had somewhat obscured the night 
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into the little garden with 
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figures. 
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gained the shelter of the Hedge,
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came to the gap, which opened 
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They had just reached this point
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two companions, and drag them 
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lay silent and trembling. 
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That his Prairie training had 
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Hope the ears of a lynx. 
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crouched down before The 
Melancholy hooting of a 

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mountain. 
Owl Was Heard within a few yards

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of them, which was immediately 
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small distance. 
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shadowy figure emerged from the 
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making and uttered the plaintiff
signal cry again, on, which a 

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second man appeared out of the 
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Tomorrow, at midnight, said, the
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Authority when the 
whip-poor-will calls three 

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times. 
It is Well return. 

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The other shall I tell brother 
drebber? 

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Pass it on to him and from him 
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the other and the two figures 
flitted away in different 

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directions. 
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Evidently been some form of sign
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The instant that their footsteps
are died away in the distance. 

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Jefferson. 
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Sprang to his feet. 
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through the Gap. 
Led the way across the fields at

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the top of his speed supporting 
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When her strength appeared to 
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He gassed from time to time 
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Sentinels. 
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Ariane. 
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They made rapid progress, only 
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And so avoid recognition. 
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hunter branched away into a 
rugged and narrow footpath, 

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which led to the mountains to 
dark Jagged Peaks loomed above 

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them through the darkness and 
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them was the Eagle Canyon in 
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for them with unerring. 
Instinct Jefferson. 

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Hope picked his way among the 
great Boulders and along the bed

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of a dried-up Watercourse. 
Until he came to the retired 

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Corner screened with rocks. 
Where the Faithful animals had 

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been picketed. 
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mule and all farrier. 
Upon one of the horses with his 

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money bag, while Jefferson hope 
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precipitous and dangerous path. 
It was a bewildering route for 

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anyone who is not accustomed to 
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Wildest, moods on the one side, 
a great Crag, towered up 1,000 

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feet or more black Stern and 
menacing with long basaltic 

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columns upon its rugged surface,
like the ribs of some petrified.

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Monster. 
On the other hand, a wild chaos 

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of Boulders and debris made all 
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irregular track so narrow in 

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places that they had to travel 
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And so rough, that only 
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traversed it at all yet. 
In spite of all dangers and 

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difficulties, the hearts of the 
fugitives were liked within them

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for every step, increase the 
distance between them and the 

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terrible despot ISM from which 
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They soon had a proof. 
However, they were still within 

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the jurisdiction of the Saints. 
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wildest and most desolate 
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girl gave a startled cry and 
pointed upwards on a rock, which

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overlooked the track showing 
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the sky. 
There, stood a solitary 

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Sentinel. 
He saw them as soon as they 

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perceived him and his military 
challenge of who goes there, 

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rang through the silent ravine. 
Travelers for Nevada said, 

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Jefferson hope with his hand 
upon the rifle, which hung by 

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his saddle. 
I could see the lonely. 

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Watcher fingering his gun and 
peering down at them as if 

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dissatisfied at their reply, by 
whose permission. 

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He asked the holy, for answered 
farrier, his Mormon experiences,

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a taught him that, that was the 
highest authority to, which he 

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could refer. 
Nyan from Seven cried, the 

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Sentinel seven from five return 
Jefferson. 

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Hope promptly remembering the 
countersign, which he had heard 

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in the garden pass and the Lord 
go with. 

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You said the voice from above. 
Beyond his post the path 

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broadened out and the horses 
were able to break into a trot 

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looking back. 
They could see the solitary 

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Watcher leaning upon his gun and
knew that they had passed the 

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outlying post of the chosen 
people and that freedom lay 

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before them. 
End of book. 2 chapter 4.