When this work of art was finished her feelings had become so far modified towards Ruth that she consented to begin another very small and inferior one--merely a kettle on a red ground--for that interloper, but whether it was ever presented is not on record.
* * * * * Vandon is to let.

The grass has grown up again through the niches of the stone steps.

The place looks wild and deserted.

Mr.Alwynn comes sometimes, and looks up at its shuttered windows and trailing, neglected ivy, but not often, for it gives him a strange pang at the heart.

And as he goes home the people come out of the dilapidated cottages, and ask wistfully when the new squire is coming back.
But Mr.Alwynn does not know.
THE END.
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