Sometimes I think I am not stupid, only ignorant; but I cannot be sure unless I try." He smiled; he was listlessly amused; the day before he had tempted the child merely because she was pretty, and to tempt her in that way seemed the natural course of things, but now there was something in her that touched him differently; the end would be the same, but he would change the means.
The sun had set.

There was a low, dull red glow still on the far edge of the plains--that was all.

In the distant cottages little lights were twinkling.

The path grew dark.
"I will go away and let her alone," he thought.

"Poor little soul! it would give itself lavishly, it would never be bought.