Book 2

, chap. i.]

[Illustration: NEVERTHELESS, AS THEY WOUND ROUND THE RUGGED WAY WHILE THE CONVENT WAS YET IN SIGHT, SHE MORE THAN ONCE LOOKED ROUND, AND DESCRIED MR. BLANDOIS, BACKED BY THE CONVENT SMOKE WHICH ROSE HIGH FROM THE CHIMNEYS IN A GOLDEN FILM, ALWAYS STANDING ON ONE JUTTING POINT LOOKING DOWN AFTER THEM--