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Marlow's tone being apologetic and our new acquaintance having again

turned to theI took it upon myself to say:

"You are justified There is very little intelligent design in the

es; but they are none the worse for that Intelligence

leads people astray as far as passion sometimes I know you are not a

cynic"

Marlow sh he bore no

grudge against people he used to know

"Little Fyne's n at all

in it Fyne, you must knoas an enthusiastic pedestrian He spent

his holidays tra all over our native land His tastes were simple

He put infinite conviction and perseverance into his holidays At the

proper season you would meet in the fields, Fyne, a serious-faced, broad-

chested, littlefor some

church steeple He had a horror of roads He wrote once a little book

called the 'Tranised as an authority on the

footpaths of England So one year, in his favourite over-the-fields,

back-way fashion he entered a pretty Surrey village where he met Miss

Anthony Pure accident, you see They ca, across

some stile, most likely Little Fyne held very solemn views as to the