Proceeding towards Markton by the same bypath, they presently came to an eminence covered with bushes of blackthorn, and tufts of yellowing fern.

From this point a good view of the woods and glades about Stancy Castle could be obtained.

Dare stood still on the top and stretched out his finger; the captain's eye followed the direction, and he saw above the many-hued foliage in the middle distance the towering keep of Paula's castle.
'That's the goal of your ambition, captain--ambition do I say ?--most righteous and dutiful endeavour! How the hoary shape catches the sunlight--it is the raison d'etre of the landscape, and its possession is coveted by a thousand hearts.

Surely it is an hereditary desire of yours?
You must make a point of returning to it, and appearing in the map of the future as in that of the past.

I delight in this work of encouraging you, and pushing you forward towards your own.