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IN THE GARDEN.
It so happened that I met nobody at all; but I must confess that my luck was better than my management.

As I came upon the beck, a new sound reached me with the swirl.

It was the jingle of bit and bridle; the beat of hoofs came after; and I had barely time to fling myself flat, when two horsemen emerged from the plantation, riding straight towards me in the moonlight.

If they continued on that course they could not fail to see me as they passed along the opposite bank.