At the same instant, a corner of the blind was lifted and lowered again at once.

He laughed a loud ho-ho! 'One and another!' thought Will.

'The stars tremble, and the blind goes up.

Why, before Heaven, what a great magician I must be! Now if I were only a fool, should not I be in a pretty way ?' And he went off to bed, chuckling to himself: 'If I were only a fool!' The next morning, pretty early, he saw her once more in the garden, and sought her out.
'I have been thinking about getting married,' he began abruptly; 'and after having turned it all over, I have made up my mind it's not worthwhile.' She turned upon him for a single moment; but his radiant, kindly appearance would, under the circumstances, have disconcerted an angel, and she looked down again upon the ground in silence.

He could see her tremble.
'I hope you don't mind,' he went on, a little taken aback.