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Father Bisset stood by the brink of the rushing stream and looked up and down its banks. "Let us reflect," he said. "He will sleep late, till daylight, perhaps, and he will not at once realize that I do not intend to return. As for Marie, I think she will say nothing, for it would do no good, and but bring blame upon her. I think he will begin to suspect when he receives the packet I left for him, a purse which he handed to me for your use."
"He dared to do that!"