Clare went out upon the landing. Here again there was no recognition. The Spencer children were painted children, and Lady Crosbie, though she tripped forward with smiles for every one, was but a bright form on canvas. The life of the pictures had been withdrawn. Only Robert Mayne, Clare thought, looked back at her with any friendship. Then she looked steadfastly at the wide country round Dedham Lock. And as she looked, she saw the wind was in the sedges, bowing the great dock leaves as it passed. THE END Printed by BALLANTYNE & CO., LTD. At the Ballantyne Press Tavistock Street LONDON Transcriber’s Notes The Table of Contents at the beginning of the book was created by the transcriber. Inconsistencies in hyphenation such as “Gather-Stick”/“Gatherstick” have been maintained. Minor punctuation and spelling errors have been silently corrected and, except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, especially in dialogue, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. Page 47: “The gang consisted of seven gipses” changed to “The gang consisted of seven gipsies”.