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EFFIE OGILVIE:
THE STORY OF A YOUNG LIFE.
BY
MRS. OLIPHANT,
AUTHOR OF “CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD,” ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
GLASGOW:
JAMES MACLEHOSE & SONS,
Publishers to the University.
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EFFIE OGILVIE:
THE STORY OF A YOUNG LIFE.
CHAPTER XIII.
Effie came towards him smiling, without apprehension. The atmosphere outof doors had not the same consciousness, the same suggestion in it whichwas inside. A young man’s looks, which may be alarming within theconcentration of four walls, convey no fear and not so much impressionin the fresh wind blowing from the moors and the openness of the countryroad. To be sure it was afternoon and twilight coming on, which isalways a witching hour.
He stood at the corner of the byeway{6} waiting for her as she came along,light-footed, in her close-fitting tweed dress, which made a dim settingto the brightness of her countenance. She had a little basket in herhand. She had been carrying a dainty of some kind to somebody who wasill. The wind in her face had brightened everything, her colour, hereyes, and even had, by a little tossing, found out some gleams of goldin the brownness of her hair. She was altogether sweet and fair inFred’s eyes—a creature embodying everything good and wholesome,everything that w