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"You must have astonished him not a little," I observed

Anthony, it see down at her He did not

offer to approach her, neither did he esture

Flora de Barral told h her tears,

blurred to amore

distinct, but always absolutely still and as if lost in thought before a

strange phenomenon which demanded the closest possible attention

Flora learned later that he had never seen a woman cry; not in that way,

at least He was impressed and interested by the mysteriousness of the

effect She was very conscious of being looked at, but was not able to

stop herself crying In fact, she was not capable of any effort

Suddenly he advanced two steps, stooped, caught hold of her hands lying

on her lap and pulled her up to her feet; she found herself standing

close to him almost before she realized what he had done So the road and Captain Anthony muttered: "You

don't want to be stared at What about that stile over there? Can we go

back across the fields?"

She snatched her hands out of his grasp (it seeo),

field sprinkled profusely hite sheep A trodden path crossed it