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Not long had he worked ere he heard the sound of horsehoofs once more, and he looked not up, but said to himself, "It is but the lads bringing back the teams from the acres, and riding fast and driving hard for joy of heart and in wantonness of youth."
But the sound grew nearer and he looked up and saw over the turf wall of the garth the flutter of white raiment; and he said: