I had nothing to say, having acquired the woodland habit of silence, and perhaps it was well.

My clumsy tongue would have only broken the spell which the sunlit forests had woven around us.
As we reached my house a cavalier rode up with a bow and a splendid sweep of his hat.

'Twas my acquaintance, Mr.Grey, come to greet the travellers.

Elspeth gave me her hand at parting, and I had from the cavalier the finest glance of hate and jealousy which ever comforted the heart of a backward lover..