school-room—obliged to be with him alone, a position I did not at all desire. . .in the house, though to meet him out of doors, and walk beside him had proved by no means disagreeable.
One evening, however, in the last week of the vacation, he arrived—unexpectedly, for a heavy and protracted thunder shower during the afternoon had almost destroyed my hopes of seeing him that day; but now the storm was over, and the sun was shining brightly.
"A beautiful evening, Mrs. Grey!" said he, as he entered. "Agnes, I want you to take a walk with me to," (he named a certain part of the coast. . .a bold hill on the land side, and towards the sea, a steep precipice, from the summit of which a glorious view is to be had.) "The rain has laid the dust, and cooled and cleared the air, and the prospect will be magnificent. Will you come?"
"Can I go, mama?"
"Yes, to be sure."
I went to get ready, and was down again in a few minutes, though, of course, I took a little more pains with my attire than if I had merely been going out on some shopping expedition alone.
