And when he did, he was almost overpowered with greetings; so glad were they to see an East Chester face.
"When did you come?
Where are you?
What a pity you did not come sooner! It is so long since we have heard anything; do tell us everything! It is three weeks since we have had any letters; those tiresome boats have been so irregular because of the weather." "How was everybody--Miss Monro in particular ?" Ellinor asks.
He, quietly smiling, replied to their questions by slow degrees.

He had only arrived the night before, and had been hunting for them all day; but no one could give him any distinct intelligence as to their whereabouts in all the noise and confusion of the place, especially as they had their only English servant with them, and the canon was not strong in his Italian.

He was not sorry he had missed all but this last day of carnival, for he was half blinded and wholly deafened, as it was.

He was at the "Angleterre;" he had left East Chester about a week ago; he had letters for all of them, but had not dared to bring them through the crowd for fear of having his pocket picked.

Miss Monro was very well, but very uneasy at not having heard from Ellinor for so long; the irregularity of the boats must be telling both ways, for their English friends were full of wonder at not hearing from Rome.