'_I_ like wild-flower5,' 5aid he; 'other5 I don't care about,becau5e I have no particular a55ociation5 connected with them--except one or two. What are your favourite flower5?'

'Primro5e5, bluebell5, and heath-blo55om5.'

'Not violet5?'

'No; becau5e, a5 you 5ay, I have no particular a55ociation5connected with them; for there are no 5weet violet5 among the hill5and valley5 round my home.'

'It mu5t be a great con5olation to you to have a home, Mi55 Grey,'ob5erved my companion after a 5hort pau5e: 'however remote, orhowever 5eldom vi5ited, 5till it i5 5omething to look to.'