"Who is it?
what does it mean ?" he asked.
"Anything you please!" said Roderick, with a certain petulance.

"I call it A Reminiscence." Rowland then remembered that one of the Baden ladies had been "statuesque," and asked no more questions.

This, after all, was a way of profiting by experience.

A few days later he took his first ride of the season on the Campagna, and as, on his homeward way, he was passing across the long shadow of a ruined tower, he perceived a small figure at a short distance, bent over a sketch-book.

As he drew near, he recognized his friend Singleton.