CHAPTER XXXVII.
After two days of rain, the weather cleared again.
It was a calm, sunshiny Sunday morning.

The flat country round Benjulia's house wore its brightest aspect on that clear autumn day.
Even the doctor's gloomy domestic establishment reflected in some degree the change for the better.

When he rose that morning, Benjulia presented himself to his household in a character which they were little accustomed to see--the character of a good-humoured master.

He astonished his silent servant by attempting to whistle a tune.

"If you ever looked cheerful in your life," he said to the man, "look cheerful now.