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self-assured that he wondered
if he should stop her and fire
some probing questions. But
he could not imagine that
anything would come of it.
Instead he decided to tail her.
It was crazy, but he saw no
alternative, so he let her
disappear over the brow of
the hill and then set off in
pursuit. He hurried up to the
crossroads, sure that she
could not have gone far. But