v ar sank crimson and clear behind them. I turned eastward. Hay. half lost in the trees,
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sent up a blue smoke from its few chimneys: it was yet a mile distant, but in the absolute nusu
could plainly hear its thin murmurs of life.
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se broke in on these fine whisperings, at once so far away and so clear; a positive
wap, Wamp and a metallic clatter. The din was on the causeway: a horse was coming; the
windings of the lane yet hid it, but it approached. I was just leaving the stile, yet as the path was 20
so narrow, I sat still to let it go by.
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It was very near, but not yet in sight, when, in addition to the tramp, tramp, I heard a rush under
the hedge, and close down by the hazel stems glided a great dog, whose black and white colour
made him a distinct object against the trees. The horse followed - a tall steed, and on its back a
rider. He passed, and I went on a few steps and I turned. A sliding sound, and an exclamation,
and a clattering tumble, arrested my attention. Man and horse were down; they had slipped on
the sheet of ice which glazed the causeway. The dog came bounding back, and seeing his
master in a predicament, and hearing the horse groan, barked until the evening hills echoed the
sound. He snuffed around the prostrate group and then he ran up to me; it was all he could do -
there was no other help to summon. I obeyed him and walked down to the traveller, by this time 3
struggling to free himself of his steed. His efforts were so vigorous, I thought he could not be
much hurt, so I asked him -
'Are you injured, sir? Can I do anything?' I asked.
| 'You must stand to one side,' he answered as he rose, first to his knees, and then to his feet.
The traveller felt his foot and leg; apparently something ailed them, for he halted at the stile and
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