to what struck him a short time after the man upon whose arm she hung was not a soldier what then became of her gaze at the she could hardly have transferred her so promptly or to give her the benefit of his own theory her beloved could scarcely have flitted from frame to frame in so very brief an interval and which of them had been he who whistled softly in the dusk to her without further attempt to find alfred walked homeward thinking that the desire to make to the original woman by wedding and the copy � which lent such an to his new love � was as if by set intention of his destiny at the door of the grounds about the castle there stood a carriage he observed that it was not one of the homely from the under hill town but apparently from the fashionable town across the bay wondering why the visitor had not driven in he entered to find in the drawing room pine at his first glance upon her dressed and graceful in movement she seemed beautiful at the second when he observed that the well beloved her face was pale and agitated she seemed pathetic likewise altogether she was now a very figure from her who sitting in her chair with such finished composure had him in her drawing room in square you are surprised at this of course you are she said in a low pleading voice languidly lifting her heavy eyelids while he was holding her hand but i couldn t help it i know i have done something to offend you � have i not o what can it be that you have come away to this rock to live with in the midst of the london season you have not offended me dear mrs pine he said how sorry i am that you should have supposed it yet i am glad too that your fancy should have done me the good turn of bringing you here to see me i am staying at she explained then i did see you at a church service here a little while back she blushed faintly upon her and she sighed their eyes met well she said at last i don t know why i shouldn t show the a sketch of a temperament virtue of you know what it means i was the stronger once now i am the weaker whatever pain i may have given you in the and downs of our acquaintance i am sorry for and would willingly repair all errors of the past by � being to reason in the future it was impossible that should not feel a tender towards this attractive and once independent woman who from every worldly point of view was an excellent match for him � a superior match indeed except in money he took her hand again and held it awhile and a faint wave of gladness seemed to flow through her but no � he could go no further that island girl in her sunday frock and little hat with its bunch of cock s feathers held him as by of rope he dropped s hand i am leaving to morrow she said that was why i felt i must call you did not know i had been there all through the holidays i did not indeed or i should have come to see you i didn t like to write i wish i had now i wish you had too dear mrs pine m the well beloved but it was that she wanted to be as they reached the he told her that he should be back in town himself again soon and would call immediately at the moment of his words now alone passed close along by the carriage on the other side towards her house hard at hand she did not turn head or eye to the pair they seemed to be in her view objects of indifference became cold as a stone the towards that the presence of the girl � witch that she was � brought with it came like a doom he knew what a fool he was as he had said but he was powerless in the grasp of the passion he cared more for s finger tips than for mrs pine s whole personality perhaps saw it for she said mournfully now i have done all i could i felt that the only to my cruelty to you in my drawing room would be to come as a to yours it is most handsome and noble of you my very dear friend said he with an emotion of courtesy rather than of enthusiasm then were spoken and she drove a sketch of a temperament away but saw only the retreating and knew that he was helpless in her hands the church of the island had risen near the foundations of the pagan temple and a christian from the former might be him through the very false gods to whom he had devoted himself both in his craft like of and in his heart perhaps divine punishment for his had come the beloved she fails to vanish still ii x had not turned far back towards the castle when he was overtaken by and the man who carried his painting lumber they paced together to the door the man deposited the articles and went away and the two walked up and down before entering i met an extremely interesting woman in the road out there said the painter ah she is a a indeed i i was struck with her it shows how beauty will out through the guise yes it will though not always and this case doesn t prove it for the lady s attire was in the latest and most approved taste i o a sketch of a temperament oh you mean the lady who was driving of 