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106 CARAVAN DAYSmust have walked onbut if so, why had she notarrived ?She had gone up the wrong valleybut sheknew the road, having been over it a year before.All the same, she had mistaken the road, forthe two valleys are very much alike but inthat case she could not have gone far withoutfinding out that she was lost, and all thiswas about twelve hours ago. Where was shenow ?It only remained, as far as we could see, to geta motor in the morning and search the county ofRoxburgh. So we lit a lamp at the front of thevan, where it could be seen from the road, andwent to bed. I was only clear about one thingthat I was not going back into Hawick. I feltthat I had exhausted Hawick.About 5.30 a.m. the voice of the Journalist'sWife was heard atthe bedroom window, and Igot up, opened the door and put the kettle on.She explained that she had arrived :depositedher typewriter and asked at the post office for atelegram.She was told that there was none, soshe started to walk up the valley, not knowingof course how far we were from Hawick. Shehad crossed the bridge two miles out of the townby mistake and gone on up the Borthwick Valley