But the branches and foliage of the huge oak would have concealed pairs and pairs of lovers.
Godfrey turned toward Letty.

She had not stirred.
"What a beautiful creature Miss Yolland is!" she said, looking up with a smile of welcome, and a calmness that prevented the slightest suspicion of a flattering jealousy.
"I was coming to _you_," returned Godfrey.

"I never saw her till her head came up over the ha-ha .-- Yes, she is beautiful--at least, she has good eyes." "They are splendid! What a wife she would make for you, Cousin Godfrey! I should like to see such a two." Letty was beyond the faintest suggestion of coquetry.

Her words drove a sting to the heart of Godfrey.

He turned pale.