But I burned to do something more for him than the ordinary routine of a squire's duty permitted.
One afternoon, we began to observe an appearance of roads in the wood.
Branches had been cut down, and openings made, where footsteps had worn no path below.

These indications increased as we passed on, till, at length, we came into a long, narrow avenue, formed by felling the trees in its line, as the remaining roots evidenced.

At some little distance, on both hands, we observed signs of similar avenues, which appeared to converge with ours, towards one spot.

Along these we indistinctly saw several forms moving, which seemed, with ourselves, to approach the common centre.

Our path brought us, at last, up to a wall of yew-trees, growing close together, and intertwining their branches so, that nothing could be seen beyond it.