"It is two months, I should think, Caroline, since you were at the cottage."
"Since I was _within_ it--yes."
"Have you ever passed that way in your walk?"
"I have come to the top of the fields sometimes of an evening and looked down. Once I saw Hortense in the garden watering her flowers, and I know at what time you light your lamp in the counting-house. I have waited for it to shine out now and then, and I have seen you bend between it and the window. I knew it was you; I could almost trace the outline of your form."
"I wonder I never encountered you. I occasionally walk to the top of the Hollow's fields after sunset."

"It is two months, I should think, Caroline, since you were at the cottage. Have you ever passed that way in your walk?"
"I have come to the top of the fields sometimes of an evening and looked down. Once I saw Hortense in the garden watering her flowers, and now and then I have waited for your lamp to shine out from the counting-house, and I have seen your outline between it and the window. I knew it was you."
"I wonder I never met you. I occasionally walk to the top of the Hollow's fields after sunset."
