His arrogant self-confidence had reckoned upon the effect of absence, as making her softer and more yielding when they met again.

The reverse seemed to be the case, and he pondered it with irritation....
"Oh, Duggy, isn't it ripping ?" cried Trix, leaping and sidling at his elbow like a young colt.
For they had reached the river, which lay a vivid blue, flashing under the afternoon sun and the fleecy clouds.

Along it lay the barges, a curving many-tinted line, their tall flag-staffs flying the colours of the colleges to which they belonged, their decks crowded with spectators.

Innumerable punts were crossing and recrossing the river--the towing-path opposite was alive with men.

Everything danced and glittered, the white reflections in the river, the sun upon the oars, the row of extravagantly green poplars on the further bank.