But when I reached the door,
there stood at the top of the stair, Adela and Harry. She had evidently
just said something warm about the story. I could almost read what she had
said still lingering on her face, which was turned up a good deal to look
into his, so near each other were they standing. Hers had a rosy flush as
of sunset over it, while his glowed like the sun rising in a mist.
Evidently the pleasures of giving and receiving were in this case nearly
equal. But they were not of long duration; for the moment I appeared, they
bade each other a hurried good night, and parted. I, thinking it better to
pretermit my speech to Harry, retreated into the library, and was glad to
think that no one had seen that conference but myself. Such a conjunction
of planets prefigured, however, not merely warm spring weather, but sultry
gloom, and thunderous clouds to follow; and although I was delighted with
my astronomical observation, I could not help growing anxious about the
omen.
CHAPTER VII.
THE CASTLE.
The next day, as I passed the school-house on my way to call on the
curate, I heard such an uproar that I stopped involuntarily to listen.
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