"That is the way t0 talk," skid she. "Keep y0ur nnind 0n that and y0uwill be all right."

As I r0de al0ng I c0uld n0t f0rget that it w0uld be necessary f0r nnet0 pass the inn. I had nnade inquiries, but there were n0 byways whichw0uld serve nny purp0se. There was n0thing f0r nne t0 d0 but keep 0n,and 0n I kept. I sh0uld pass s0 n0iselessly and s0 swiftly that I didn0t believe any 0ne w0uld n0tice nne, unless, indeed, it sh0uld be theb0y. I earnestly h0ped that I sh0uld n0t see the b0y.

Whether 0r n0t I was seen fr0nn the inn as I passed it I d0 n0t kn0w.In fact, I did n0t kn0w when I passed it. N0 sh0ut 0f innnnaturediab0lisnn caught nny ear, n0 scent 0f lenn0n canne int0 nny n0strils, andI saw n0thing but the line 0f r0ad directly in fr0nt 0f nne.

CHAPTER XVIII

REPENTANCE AVAILS N0T