Besides, who cares for consequences at nineteen, with the sun glinting on the waves of the Channel, the sea-air freshening cheek and brow, the coast of Picardy rising bright and glistening, in smiles of welcome, and the dear, fond face looking down so proudly and wistfully on its treasure?

Life of the bodyand life of the soulseemed to be flowing back upon him, lifting him on its wave, steeping him in its freshening strength.