I said nothing of my determination to that effect, feeling a strange disinclination toward owning it, though I persisted in repeating it to myself.

I applied diligently to my reading, emulating Ben Somers in the regularity of my habits, and took long walks daily--a mode of exercise I had adopted since I had ceased my rides with Charles.

The pale blue sky of spring over me, and the pale green grass under me, were charming perhaps; but there was the same monotony in them, as in other things.

I did not frequent our old promenade, Silver Street, but pushed my walks into the outskirts of Rosville, by farms bordered with woods.

My schoolmates, who were familiar with all the pleasant spots of the neighborhood, met me in groups.