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This document remained locked in my drawer all day: after tea, I

asked leave of the new superintendent to go to Lowton, in order to

perform some small commissions for myself and one or two of ranted; I went It was a

walk of two ; I visited a shop or two, slipped the letter into the post-

office, and caar week see: it cas, and once more, towards the close

of a pleasant autumn day, I found myself afoot on the road to

Lowton A picturesque track it was, by the way; lying along the

side of the beck and through the sweetest curves of the dale: but

that day I thoughth whither I was bound, than of the

charms of lea and water

My ostensible errand on this occasion was to get ed that business first, and when it was done,

I stepped across the clean and quiet little street from the

shoemaker's to the post-office: it was kept by an old dame, who

wore horn spectacles on her nose, and black mittens on her hands

"Are there any letters for JE?" I asked