So we kissed and bade farewell with tears.
And after that my father and I rode away.

But when we had passed down Pirnhow Street, and mounted the little hill beyond Waingford Mills to the left of Bungay town, I halted my horse, and looked back upon the pleasant valley of the Waveney where I was born, and my heart grew full to bursting.

Had I known all that must befall me, before my eyes beheld that scene again, I think indeed that it would have burst.

But God, who in his wisdom has laid many a burden upon the backs of men, has saved them from this; for had we foreknowledge of the future, I think that of our own will but few of us would live to see it.

So I cast one long last look towards the distant mass of oaks that marked the spot where Lily lived, and rode on.
On the following day I embarked on board the 'Adventuress' and we sailed.