The shadowed hollows of the purple and brown rocks would have been called blue had not that tint been so entirely appropriated by the water beside them.
The carriage was put up at a little cottage with a shed attached, and an ostler and the coachman carried the hamper of provisions down to the shore.
Knight found his opportunity.

'I did not forget your wish,' he began, when they were apart from their friends.
Elfride looked as if she did not understand.
'And I have brought you these,' he continued, awkwardly pulling out the case, and opening it while holding it towards her.
'O Mr.Knight!' said Elfride confusedly, and turning to a lively red; 'I didn't know you had any intention or meaning in what you said.

I thought it a mere supposition.

I don't want them.' A thought which had flashed into her mind gave the reply a greater decisiveness than it might otherwise have possessed.

To-morrow was the day for Stephen's letter.
'But will you not accept them ?' Knight returned, feeling less her master than heretofore.
'I would rather not.