Chapter 87 CHAPTER XLIV.

SNUFF OUT OF A DIAMOND BOX.

"Hark! a sound,

Far and slight,

Breathes around

On the night;

High and higher,

Nigh and nigher,

Like a fire

Roaring bright."

"Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace––

Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place;

I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight,

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