Blocked as were the narrow streets, our ponderous animals
soon effected a passage, and ere long we made our way
beyond the walls once more into the open country.
I looked on Dicky Campbell as a family friend, and
much in the same light as I regarded Bod^ ; but for a con-
siderable time I had had an uneasy conviction that he did not
entertain the same views with regard to me. No, he wished
me to be "nearer and dearer yet than all other.'' In vain
I endeavoured to keep our acquaintance on the old friendly
footing, and set my face resolutely against tender allusions
and personalities, and was stone i&ei to sentimental speeches
and aU compliments.
