Shelley would envy you." "Indeed! I am flattered, sir, but I have not read any of Shelley as yet.
You have, I suppose?
He is supposed to be very wicked.

Get me some more golden-rod, John." He went back to the edge of the wood and came again laden, rejoining her at the porch.
For two days her aunt kept her busy.

Early in the week she went away to be met in Philadelphia by her Uncle Charles, and to be returned to her Maryland school.
A day or two later John too left to undergo the dreaded examination at West Point.

The two older people were left alone at Grey Pine with the rector, who had returned from his annual holiday later than usual.

Always depressed at these seasons, he was now indisposed for the society of even the two people who were his most valued friends.