I Forbid the Banns! — page 225: what you’re looking at

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ON THE WAR PATH. 215 being instructed by Bertha regarding the archeology of the neighborhood. The ride of six miles along the road was very delightful, even though it had a “ sight ” for its object. The scent of the rain-drenched leaves filled the air, and the colors of the well-cultured fields on either side of the road were exquis- itely fresh. They did not waste much time upon the castle. - It was enough that Bertha pointed out to her companion the very window through which Scott's beautiful, but history’s homely, heroine had watched the departure of her lover for the fight where he got so much glory. Under the influence of Bertha’s instructions Julian began to get quite interested in the well-preserved ruin close to which he had lived nearly all his life. He had no idea that there was so much in it. Any man who wishes to become thoroughly acquainted with the topography and the history of England, together with the beauties of Scott, Dickens, and Bulwer-Lytton, should marry a young woman from some of our colonies. A young woman who has lived in any of the New England States will do equally well, only she will insist on his know- ing something of Emerson also, and this is a drawback. Returning to the Court by the lanes, they overtook another couple on horseback. ‘The animals were standing across the lane, and the man was pointing out with con- siderable effusion to the young woman who was by his side, something that seemed remarkable in a very common- place sort of meadow. He was taking such pains to point out the imaginary object that Julian at once knew that the man had been drawing the young woman’s head close to his own, or indulging in some similar freak of human nature, when the sound of the approaching hoofs had sur- prised him into propriety. « This being so, he was careful to turn his eyes away from the strangers when he was riding past them.. He did not (EONNIELNOO KES (E(0)