From the remote and infinite distance came the subdued roar of the sea.
The peace of the woodland, the sighing of the trees, the dark evening sky above, filled his heart with an aching longing for her.
"Offended me ?" he murmured, passing his hand across his forehead, for his temples throbbed and his eyes were burning.

"Nay! why should you think so ?" "You are so cold, so distant now," she said gently.

"We were such good friends when first I came here.

Thanet is a strange country to me.

It seems weird and unkind--the woods are dark and lonely, that persistent sound of the sea fills me with a strange kind of dread....