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tep on that grass…grown track; the water running in the vale was the one lulling sound of the hour and scene; we might well then start when a gay voice; sweet as a silver bell; exclaimed—

“Good evening; Mr。 Rivers。 And good evening; old Carlo。 Your dog is quicker to recognise his friends than you are; sir; he pricked his ears and wagged his tail when I was at the bottom of the field; and you have your back towards me now。”

It was true。 Though Mr。 Rivers had started at the first of those musical accents; as if a thunderbolt had split a cloud over his head; he stood yet; at the close of the sentence; in the same attitude in which the speaker had surprised him—his arm resting on the gate; his face directed towards the west。 He turned at last; with measured deliberation。 A vision; as it seemed to me; had risen at his side。 There appeared; within three feet of him; a form clad in pure white—a youthful; graceful form: full; yet fine in contour; and when; after bending to caress Carlo; it lifted up its head; and threw back a long veil; there bloomed under his glance a face of perfect beauty。 Perfect beauty is a strong expression; but I do not retrace or qualify it: as sweet features as ever the temperate clime of Albion moulded; as pure hues of rose and lily as ever her humid gales and vapoury skies generated and screened; justified; in this instance; the term。 No charm was wanting; no defect was perceptible; the young girl had regular and delicate lineaments; eyes shaped and coloured as we see them in lovely pictures; large; and dark; and full; the long and shadowy eyelash which encircles a fine eye with so soft a fascination; the pencilled brow which gives such clearness; the white smooth forehead; which adds such repose to the livelier beauties of tint and

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