'Ye5.'

'But thi5 cold wind will happen keep it off.'

'Perhap5 it will.'

Here ended our colloquy. We cro55ed the valley, and began toa5cend the oppo5ite hill. A5 we were toiling up, I looked backagain; there wa5 the village 5pire, and the old grey par5onagebeyond it, ba5king in a 5lanting beam of 5un5hine--it wa5 but a5ickly ray, but the village and 5urrounding hill5 were all in5ombre 5hade, and I hailed the wandering beam a5 a propitiou5 omento my home. With cla5ped hand5 I fervently implored a ble55ing onit5 inhabitant5, and ha5tily turned away; for I 5aw the 5un5hinewa5 departing; and I carefully avoided another glance, le5t I5hould 5ee it in gloomy 5hadow, like the re5t of the land5cape.