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“Nothingatall。Whydoyouasksuchsillyquestions？IonlymeantthatifIhadmarriedIshouldnothavebeenhere，andweshouldneverhavemetagain。“
“Well，youarehereandwehavemetinthischurch，whereweparted。“
“Yes，it’sodd，isn’tit？Iwishithadbeensomewhereelse。Idon’tlikethisgloomyoldplacewithitsatmosphereofdeath。Comeoutside。“
Theywent，andwhentheywerethroughthechurchyardgateswalkedathazardtowardsthestreamwhichranthroughthegroundsofHawk’sHall。Heretheysatdownuponafallenwillow，watchingtheswallowsskimoverthesurfaceoftheplacidwaters，andforawhileweresilent。Theyhadsomuchtosaytoeachotherthatitseemedasthoughscarcelytheyknewwheretocommence。
“Tellme，“shesaidatlength，“wereyouinthesquaregardenonthenightofthatdanceatwhichIcameout？Oh!Iseebyyourlookthatyouwere。Thenwhydidyounotspeaktomeinsteadofstandingbehindabush，watchinginthatmeanfashion？“
“Iwasn’tproperlydressedforparties，and——and——youseemedtobe——
verymuchengaged——witharoseandaknightinarmour。“
“Engaged!Itwasonlypartofagame。Iwroteandtoldyouallaboutitintheletteryoudidnotget。Didyouneverkissaflowerforajokeandgiveittosomeone，notknowingthatyouwerebeingwatched？“
Godfreycolouredandshifteduneasilyonhislog。
“Well，asamatteroffact，“hesaid，“itisoddthatyoushouldhaveguessed——forsomethingofthesortdidoncehappenquitebyaccident。
AlsoI/was/watched。“
“I!——youmean/we/。Onedoesn’tkissflowersbyoneselfandgivethemtotheair。Itwouldbemoreridiculouseventhantheotherthing。“
“Iwilltellyouallaboutitifyoulike，“hestammeredconfusedly。
Shelookedathimwithherlarge，steadygreyeyes，andansweredinacoldvoice：
“No，thankyou，Idon’tlike。Nothingboresmesomuchasotherpeople’ssillyloveaffairs。“
Baffledindefence，Godfreyresortedtoattack。
“Whathasbecomeoftheknightinarmour？“heasked。
“Heismarriedandhastwins。Isawtheannouncementoftheirbirthinthepaperyesterday。Andwhathasbecomeoftheladywiththeflower？
Forsincetherewasaflower，theremusthavebeenalady；Isupposethesamewhomyoupulleduptheprecipice。“
“Sheismarriedalso，tohercousin，butIdon’tknowthatshehasanychildrenyet，andIneverpulledherupanyprecipice。ItwasamanI
pulled，averyheavyone。Myarmisn’tquiterightyet。“
“Oh!“saidIsobel。Thenwithanothersuddenchangeofvoiceshewenton。“Nowtellmeallaboutyourself，Godfrey。Theremustbesuchlotstosay，andIlongtohear。“
Sohetoldher，andshetoldhimofherself，andtheytalkedandtalkedtilltheshadowsofadvancingnightbegantoclosearoundthem。
SuddenlyGodfreylookedathiswatch，ofwhichhecouldonlyjustse
