The day on which the change took place, though it was in no wise remarkable in other respects, he never forgot: every incident connected with it, though disregarded at the time, impressed itself upon his mind, to be subsequently dwelt upon a thousand times.

It might have been marked in the hitherto sunny calendar of his life as the "Last day of Thoughtless Gayety.

Here Love and Pleasure end." It was fine weather, and there were more tourists at the inn than could be accommodated, so Richard had given up his private sitting-room to their temporary use.

This, however, did not throw him more in Harry's society than usual, since their presence naturally much occupied her time.

He had not, indeed, seen her since the mid-day meal which he had taken in the bar parlor; but she had promised, if she could get away, to call for him at a certain spot where he had gone to sketch--the church-yard on the hill.