In vain the other called out an attempted apology, and tried to delay him; the accustomed shout and clank of the chains was all he got in answer.

The birds that had settled upon the field rose again at the return of the horses, and curveted in a long fluttering line above their heads.

The man on the road turned reluctantly away, and, too perplexed almost for thought, walked off to catch his home-bound train..