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The Broom-Squire and the boy were on their way up the hill that led towards the habitation of the former; or, to be more exact, it led to the summit of the hill whence the Squire would have to diverge at a sharp angle to the right to reach his home.
The evening had closed in. But that mattered not to them, for they knew their way, and had not far to go.