I could not but sigh as I thought that I was again in Cathay.
Two days after this I entered Waterton.

There was another road, said to be a very pleasant one, which lay to the westward, and which would have taken me to Walford through a country new to me, but I wished to make no further explorations in Cathay, and if one journeys back upon a road by which he came he will find the scenery very different.
I spent the night at the hotel, and after breakfast I very reluctantly went to call upon the Willoughbys.

I forced myself to do this, for, considering the cordiality they had shown me, it would have required more incivility than I possessed to pass through the town without paying my respects.

But to my great joy none of the ladies was at home.

I hastened from the house with a buoyant step, and was soon speeding away, and away, and away.
The road was dry and hard, the sun was bright, but there was a fresh breeze in my face, and I rolled along at a swift and steady rate.