I can't think of her as happy." "I don't pity her!" said Roderick.

Then he relapsed into silence, and the two sat watching the colossal figure as it made its way downward along the jagged silhouette of the rocks.

"Who is this mighty man," cried Roderick at last, "and what is he coming down upon us for?
We are small people here, and we can't undertake to keep company with giants." "Wait till we meet him on our own level," said Rowland, "and perhaps he will not overtop us." "For ten minutes, at least," Roderick rejoined, "he will have been a great man!" At this moment the figure sank beneath the horizon line and became invisible in the uncertain light.

Suddenly Roderick said, "I would like to see her once more--simply to look at her." "I would not advise it," said Rowland.
"It was her beauty that did it!" Roderick went on.

"It was all her beauty; in comparison, the rest was nothing.