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It was towards the end of May that Emma's sharpened suspicions began to take notice of a certain stranger in the valley.
One evening she ran short of matches and went down to the store, where the men were sitting round on the barrels talking to Gursey. While he rummaged in the shelves after what she wanted Sambo said: "Seen that bloke Farrar pokin' about down the dip 's'afternoon again. If I didn't know where he come from I'da chipped him. Rummy-lookin' cove."