"Perhaps not. But tell Fanny to go in. Say we are coming. A few minutes will make no difference."
The church clock struck ten.
"My uncle will be coming out to take his usual sentinel round, and he always surveys the church and churchyard."
"And if he does? If it were not for Fanny, who knows we are here, I should find pleasure in dodging and eluding him. We could be under the east window when he is at the porch; as he came round to the north side we could wheel off to the south; we might at a pinch hide behind some of the monuments. That tall erection of the Wynnes would screen us completely."

Tell Fanny to go in. Say we are coming. A few minutes will make no difference."
The church clock struck ten.
"My uncle will be coming out: he always surveys the church and churchyard at this hour."
"And if he does? I should find pleasure in eluding him. We could be under the east window when he is at the porch; as he came round to the north side we could wheel off to the south; we might even hide behind the monuments."
