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The master of the Inn took himself off after that interview. Where, he did not choose to say. Rufus, coming back to the kitchen, found Moll alone. She was sitting, gazing into the fire. Its red glow deepened her ruddy hair, and threw up the lines of her beautiful form as she bent towards it.
"I've some news for you," he said, gently, as he came and stood beside her. "Your father has consented that you shall leave here, and go to school."