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That the daughters of the rector of Neverden should all three walk out together on a fine morning was by no means remarkable, for it was their constant practice; and that they should turn towards Smatterton when they went out at the great gate, was not at all wonderful, for had they turned the other way they would have had no walk but on the narrow straightforward road. So that when Mr Darnley the elder saw them from his study window, he had not the remotest suspicion of the object of their excursion.
As the young ladies walked together they also talked together, and it would be easier to count their steps than to recount their words. They all loved their brother very sincerely, and they had once sincerely and dearly loved Penelope; and they were very happy to love her again. And as their pity had been roused by the story of her sufferings, they almost reproached themselves that they had ever thought unkindly of her, or spoken coolly to her; and they now resolved that, if they should meet with her, they would overwhelm her with kindness. They talked also much and loudly concerning the unaccountable opposition which their father was making to a reconciliation and renewal of the acquaintance. Manifold and incessant too was the talk as to the most likely means of falling in with Penelope, without actually going to the house.