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William Grove had seen Everard at
the same place and time. He ex
pressed wonder to ,lim, his mate, that
Dr. Everard, at the sound of the
wagon-bells—since he was then return
ing from Oldport with his team—and
his own “Good-night, doctor," (did not
come to receive a parcel the wagoner
was bringing him from Oldport, and
respecting the instant delivery of
which he had been most solicitous.
All this dim Downer corroborated.
Stevens, the sexton, said that about
sunset, or later, he was in the church
yard. and saw a figure in a gray sidt,
which he recognized as Dr. Everard's,
leave the back premises of the rectory,
and ascend, the hill in the direction of
Swaynestone. He carried a stick.
Straun, the blacksmith, on the other
hand, swore that he saw Everard pass
through the village street by the forge
at that hour, or a little before. He
was uncertain about ids clothes, but
swore to the stick.
A Swaynestone keeper saw Everard
a little iater in a plantation on the
upland. He described his gray suit
and stick; he was not near enough to
speak to him. A shepherd, cutting
turnips in a field near, swore that
Everard passed him at four o'clock,
and stopped a moment to chat with
him. He was not sure about ids
clothes; thought they were gray. Ev
erard had a stick, also some very good
tobacco, of which he gave him some.
He told the shepherd that he was go
ing across the downs to W blow
Dove's. Dr. Everard wondered that
two lone women should live up there
in the solitary o utage, he said.
