34 DIGGING A GRAVE

However hood-winked the girl had been,
by an early affection for, Terence, she was
sufficiently clear-sighted to . know that, if
called’ on to give her evidence, she must
confess that Terence’ struck the first blow,
and was not sober. She observed the police-
man who had been so unceremoniously dealt
with, peering among the crowd, doubtless
for her, who had witnessed the commence-
ment of the fracas. . To avoid this, she
watched for the moment wen his head was
turned the other way, sprang lightly up the
steps, and eoncealed herself behind one of
the pillars, to which she tremblingly clung for
support, apynarently satisfied that his was
a hopeless search. She saw him, at last,
follow ae companions, until they mingled
with the crowd; agitated and trembling, she
seated herself in the bend of one of the steps
to wait for Peggy. She bent her head over

_ her parcel to conceal her tears. When more