They walked on in silence; Mary took care not to break it for a time.

She wished Ralph to feel, as she thought he would, all the fresh delights of the earth and air.

She was right.

In a moment he expressed his pleasure, much to her comfort.
"This is the sort of country I thought you'd live in, Mary," he said, pushing his hat back on his head, and looking about him.

"Real country.
No gentlemen's seats." He snuffed the air, and felt more keenly than he had done for many weeks the pleasure of owning a body.
"Now we have to find our way through a hedge," said Mary.