the was broken every now and then by a little like object � a box and one a small red spot he creeping backward and forward against the heavy sky i a young man of forty then he divined that she had a she turned her head saw him and took up her clothes basket to continue the ascent the was such that to climb it was a breathless business the linen made her task a cruelty to her you ll never get to the with that weight he said � give it to me but she would not and he stood still watching her as she panted up the way for the moment an being the of a whole sex by the beams of his own in such exceeding glory that he beheld her not beheld her not as she really was as she was even to himself sometimes but to the soldier what was she smaller and smaller she up the rigid road still gazing at the soldier aloft as gazed at her he could just discern springing up at the different of that she passed but seeing who she was they did not her and presently she crossed the over the enormous chasm surrounding the passed the there also and disappeared through the arch into the interior could see the now and there occurred to him the hateful idea that this scarlet rival was meeting and talking freely to her the orphan girl of his sweet original perhaps relieved of duty her across the interior carrying her basket her tender body encircled by his arm what the devil are you staring at as if you were in a trance turned his head and there stood his old friend � still looking the bachelor that he was i might say what the devil do you do here if i weren t so glad to see you said that he bad come to see what was his friend in such an out of the way place at that time of year and incidentally to get some fresh air into his own lungs made him welcome and they went towards castle you were staring as far as i could see at a pretty little with a b of clothes resumed the painter yes it was that to you but to me w a young man of forty behind the mere pretty island girl to the world is in my eye the idea in � the essence and of all that is desirable in this existence i am under a doom yes i am under a doom to have been always following a phantom whom i saw in woman after woman while she was at a distance but vanishing away on close approach was bad enough but now the terrible thing is that the phantom does not vanish but stays to me even when i am near enough to see what it is that girl holds me though my eyes i re open and though i see that i am a fool regarded the visionary look of his friend which rather than as his years wore on but made no further remark when they reached the castle gazed round upon the scenery and the quaint little cottage said that s where she lives what a romantic place � and this island altogether a man might love a or lantern here but a woman t scenery doesn t impress them though they pretend it does this girl is as you once were exactly � from your point of view she has told me so � candidly and it me hard stood still in sudden thought well � that is a strange turning of the tables he said but you wouldn t really marry her i would � to morrow why shouldn t i what are fame and name and society to me � a of and like her besides i know what she s made of my boy to her fibre i know the perfect and pure she was dug from and that gives a man confidence then you ll win while they were sitting after dinner that evening their quiet discourse was interrupted by the long low whistle from the cliffs without took no notice but marked it that whistle always occurred at the same time in the evening when was helping in the house he excused himself for a moment to his visitor and went out upon the dark lawn a of feet upon the gravel mixed in with the a young man of forty tion of the steps light as if they were winged and he supposed two minutes later that the mouth of some fellow was upon hers which he himself hardly ventured to look at so touching was its young beauty hearing people about � among others a couple quarrelling for there were rough as well as gentle people here in the island � he returned to the house next day abroad to look for scenery for a marine painting and going out to seek him met so you have a lover my lady he said severely she admitted that it was the fact you won t stick to him he continued i think i may this one said she in a meaning tone that he failed to he deserted me once but he won t again i suppose he s a wonderful sort of fellow he s good enough for me so handsome no doubt handsome enough for me so refined and respectable refined and respectable enough for me he could not disturb her and let her pass the next day was sunday and the having chosen his view at the end of the island in the afternoon to see s lover he found that she had left her cottage and went on towards the at the turning back when he had reached the nearest he saw on th lonely road between the a young man 