He walked among the flowers with her, laughing and listening to her in his usual light-hearted, easy manner; every now and again his arm would thrill with pleasure, as he felt on it the touch of her little fingers, and his heart would leap within him as he gazed on the speaking beauty of her face; but he was too honest-hearted to talk to the young girl, to Mrs.Woodward's child, of love.

He talked to her as to a child--but she listened to him and loved him as a woman.
And so they rambled on till the hour appointed for quitting this Elysium had arrived.

Every now and again they had a glimpse of some one of their party, which had satisfied Katie that they were not lost.

At first Clementina was seen tracing with her parasol on the turf the plan of a new dance.

Then Ugolina passed by them describing the poetry of the motion of the spheres in a full flow of impassioned eloquence to M.Delabarbe de l'Empereur: '_C'est toujours vrai; ce que mademoiselle dit est toujours vrai_,' was the Frenchman's answer, which they heard thrice repeated.