I forgot the pleasant hours that I had passed with Mrs.Lascelles, and began to wish myself well out of the whole affair.

But I had now no intention of getting out of the glacier expedition.

I would not have missed it on any account.

Bob had brought that on himself.
And I daresay we seemed a sufficiently united trio as we marched along the pretty winding path to the Findelen next morning.

Dear Bob was not only such a gentleman, but such a man, that it was almost a pleasure to be at secret issue with him; he would make way for me at our lady's side, listen with interest when she made me spin my martial yarns, laugh if there was aught to laugh at, and in a word, give me every conceivable chance.