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THE TOLL OF THE BUSH
CH. IV

how everything has mattered all the time. What chances I have had, and how I have fooled them away! Is this a chance, or what is it? And shail I fool it away, or what?’

His musing was interrupted by a sound without, and looking through the window he caught sight of Sandy disappearing down the road.

Putting on his hat and coat, Geoffrey left the house and crossed over to his brother. ‘I shall not be long, Robert,’ he said; ‘I am going as far as Mrs. Gird’s.’

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