? ? ? ? "Go back!" she said. "Go straight back to London, instantly."
? ? ? ? I could only stare at her in stupid surprise. Her eyes blazed at me, and she tapped the ground impatiently with her foot.
? ? ? ? "Why should I go back?" I asked.
? ? ? ? "I cannot explain." She spoke in a low, eager voice, with a curious lisp in her utterance. "But for God's sake do what I ask you. Go back and never set foot upon the moor again."
? ? ? ? "But I have only just come."
? ? ? ? "Man, man!" she cried. "Can you not tell when a warning is for your own good? Go back to London! Start to-night! Get away from this place at all costs! Hush, my brother is coming! Not a word of what I have said. Would you mind getting that orchid for me among the mare's-tails yonder? We are very rich in orchids on the moor, though, of course, you are rather late to see the beauties of the place.
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