Of course I did not object to this, for nothing could be more flattering to a young man than the exhibition of such a feeling on an occasion such as this.
But if she felt any pique she quickly brushed it out of sight, for, as I have said before, she was a young woman who had great command of herself.

Of course I said to her that I was very glad to have this chance of seeing her again, and she answered, with a laugh: "If you really are glad, you ought to thank the Burton girl.

This is one of my favorite walks.

The path runs along inside the wall for a considerable distance and then turns around the little hill over there, and so leads back to the house.

When I happened to look over the wall and saw you I was truly surprised." The ground was lower on the outside of the wall than on the inside, and as I stood and looked almost into the eyes of this girl, as she leaned with her arms upon the smooth top of the wall, the idea which the gardener's wife put into my head came into it again.