With this sight, every thought and feeling gave place to that of
baffled love, and disappointed affection. With a bitter groan he
turned up the gorge, and soon shut himself from sight of the now
hateful habitation.
CHAPTER XII.
THE MASTER AND HIS PUPILS.
The course of the young rustic was pursued for half a mile further
till he came to a little cottage of which the eye could take no
cognizance from any part of the village. It was embowelled in a
glen of its own--a mere cup of the slightly-rising hills, and so
encircled by foliage that it needed a very near approach of the
stranger before he became aware of its existence. The structure was
very small, a sort of square box with a cap upon it, and consisted
of two rooms only on a ground floor, with a little lean-to or
shed-room in the rear, intended for a kitchen. As you drew nigh
and passed through the thick fringe of wood by which its approach
was guarded, the space opened before you, and you found yourself
in a sort of amphitheatre, of which the cottage was the centre. A
few trees dotted this area, large and massive trees, and seemingly
preserved for purposes of shade only.
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