The Man in Possession — page 41: what you’re looking at

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36 THE MAN IN POSSESSION. that you are worrying about Biddy’s absence. Is she given to staying out in this fashion?” ‘‘No; and that’s what makes me so uneasy,” said the girl, with another glance at the clock. ‘‘Ah! that’s my father’s bell. I mustgo. Please stay in the dining-room if you prefer it,” she added. He took up his hat and followed her. ‘‘ Truly,” he thought, ‘‘ this is an odd way of spending Christ- mas Eve.” COMicloe (Sri C(O)