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When Dan explained to Jarner the equivocal position in which he was placed by the folly of Miss Linisfarne, the vicar urged him to end all mysteries by declaring his name and rank. Also to ask Meg to be his wife, and thus ascertain, beyond all question, the state of her feelings. Miss Linisfarne's story of an engagement to Byrne of Silkstone was scouted by Jarner with much wrath.
"What can the woman be thinking of? " he said. "The whole story is false -- there is not even a man in Silkstone called Byrne. She must have known that you would tell me this, and that I would be able to deny it."