Rowland at first had expected an outbreak of reproach, but it was evident that the danger was every moment diminishing.

He was forgetting everything but her beauty, and as she stood there and let him feast upon it, Rowland was sure that she knew it.

"I won't say farewell to you," she said; "we shall meet again!" And she moved gravely away.

Prince Casamassima took leave courteously of Rowland; upon Roderick he bestowed a bow of exaggerated civility.

Roderick appeared not to see it; he was still watching Christina, as she passed over the grass.