He had come away to this place with the lightness of heart which characterizes those who put weariness behind.

Now, in the shade of this cool, green bush, he looked about him with the fancy of the lover.

He heard the carts go lumbering by upon the neighboring streets, but they were far off, and only buzzed upon his ear.

The hum of the surrounding city was faint, the clang of an occasional bell was as music.

He looked and dreamed a new dream of pleasure which concerned his present fixed condition not at all.