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IT was dark when Meg first caught sight of the lights of Minton. The / fact that she was free had so buoyed her up, that till she looked on / the distant town she had not realized her hunger or weariness. But now / that she knew she was within a mile or two of her destination she felt / as if she could walk no further; and sinking down on the grass that / edged the roadside she fell asleep.
She was well used to sleeping under the stars, but on awaking at the / sound of a passing cart, she sat up suddenly, and experienced for / almost the first time in her life a sensation of fear. She had dreamt / that she heard the tap-tap-of the wooden leg of the man who for years / she had supposed to be her father-and that she was hiding in the dark / ditch to escape him. She longed now for Jem's protecting presence. A / terrible sense of loneliness oppressed her, due no doubt to her tired / and hungry condition. Then she realized that it was imperative for her / to get some money before she could either satisfy her hunger or procure / a night's lodging.