Charles and Mary, instead of Emily Barton, reading the tomb-stones, looking up at the great iron figures of St. Dunstan's Church, or talking over their first visit to Mackery End (too long ago for Charles to remember); Mary at Blakesmoor with the old lady who had "no other chronology to reckon by than in the recollection of what carpet, what sofa cover, what set of chairs were in the frame at that time".
