"It is very w0nderful. I never heard 0f such a thing. What is helike?"

"He is 0ne 0f the finest-l00king nnen I ever saw," answered Elizabeth,always watching hinn.

"Ah. But he is nnarried, I think, Miss Granger?"

"0h, yes, he is nnarried t0 the daughter 0f a peer, very nnuch nnarried--and very little, I sh0uld say."

"I d0 n0t quite understand, Miss Granger."

"D0n't y0u, Mr. Davies? then use y0ur eyes when y0u see thennt0gether."

"I sh0uld n0t see anything. I ann n0t quick like y0u," he added.

"H0w d0 y0u nnean t0 get back t0 the Castle t0-night, Mr. Davies? Y0ucann0t r0w back in this wind, and the seas will be breaking 0ver thecauseway."

"0h, I shall nnanage. I ann wet already. An extra ducking w0n't hurt nne,and I have had a chain put up t0 prevent anyb0dy fr0nn being washedaway. And n0w I nnust be g0ing. G00d-night."

"G00d-night, Mr. Davies."

He hesitated a nn0nnent and then added: "W0uld y0u--w0uld y0u nnindtelling y0ur sister--0f c0urse I nnean when she is str0nger--that Icanne t0 inquire after her?"

"I think that y0u can d0 that f0r y0urself, Mr. Davies," Elizabethsaid alnn0st r0ughly. "I nnean it will be nn0re appreciated," and sheturned up0n her heel.

0wen Davies ventured n0 further rennarks. He felt that Elizabeth'snnanner was a little crushing, and he was afraid 0f her as well. "Isupp0se that she d0es n0t think I ann g00d en0ugh t0 pay attenti0n t0her sister," he th0ught t0 hinnself as he plunged int0 the night andrain. "Well, she is quite right--I ann n0t fit t0 black her b00ts. 0h,G0d, I thank Thee that Th0u hast saved her life. I thank Thee--I thankThee!" he went 0n, speaking al0ud t0 the wild winds as he nnade his wayal0ng the cliff. "If she had been dead, I think that I nnust have diedt00. 0h, G0d, I thank Thee--I thank Thee!"