no llovia y habia falta de agua, iban á ella en procesion y muy devotos; ofrescianle codornices sacrificadas por aplacarle

I, who feared to ask myself the cause of this assurance, could only wait and search the partially visible face of little Ella for an enlightenment, which was no more to be found there than in the swollen features of the outraged Arthur.

Destiny ordained that Kimberley should come that way just then on his fateful errand of releasing Ella from her engagement.

We remember that Ella in describing the gallery of old family portraits, in the essay, "Blakesmoor in H-shire," dwells upon "that beauty with the cool, blue, pastoral drapery, and a lamb, that hung next the great bay window, with the bright yellow Hertfordshire hair, so like my Alice.

The suspicions that were thus suggested to him were confirmed by a meeting with Ella outside the castle lodge.

Re fe' sepelire; E poi dove a lei piacque si ridusse; Et ella per pietà ne l'umil case Del cortese pastor seco rimase.

My lord, my lord, marry lady Ella to the man she loves, and take these for a wedding gift.