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The creek that ran between Fairview and the glebe lands was narrow and

deep; upon it, round below

the orchard, lay a crazy boat belonging to the , ca erect, pole in hand,

pushed out fro stream It moved so

slowly and was so clear that its depth seemed the blue depth of the sky,

with now and then a tranquil cloud to be glided over

The banks were low and of the greenest grass, save where they sank still lower and reeds

abounded, or where some colored bush, heavy with blooe It was so fair that Audrey began to sing as she went down

the strea

learned out of one of Darden's ungodly books, a plaintive and passionate

lay addressed by so not

loudly, but very sweetly; carelessly, too, and as if to herself; now and

then repeating a line twice or maybe thrice; pleased with the sweet

over of the

words They died upon her lips when Hugon rose from a lair of reeds and