Downstairs, in one room, there was a little sign of comfort and adornment; crimson curtains hung at the window, inside which a few flowers grew in pots.

Keeping well under the hedge of elders which surrounded the cwrt or front garden, Cardo passed round to the side--the pine end, as it is called in Wales--and here a little lattice window stood open.

It faced the south, and away from the sea a white rose tree had ventured to stretch out its straggling branches.

They had evidently lately been drawn by some loving hand towards the little window.

A muslin curtain fluttered in the evening breeze, on which came the sound of a voice.