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Yet, she was to see her lover, for Fream chose to drive back through Carslake and strike the London road, and as they passed the mouth of the lane where the six pines stood upon the green mound, some impulse made Mary look up.
He was standing there, leaning against one of the trees. Their eyes met, and into hers a little flicker of fear leapt instantly. But Furze's eyes seemed to her quite expressionless, two dark circles in a tanned face just glooming at her from under the pines.