hollowed on the top, he bent low and placed his forehead on the ground.
This was the only place where he showed distinct reverence. At the
Castle, though he spoke of much death, he showed no sign of respect.

There was evidently something about Diana's Grove which both interested
and baffled him. Before leaving, he moved all over the place
unsatisfied, and in one spot, close to the edge of the Brow, where there
was a deep hollow, he appeared to be afraid. After returning several
times to this place, he suddenly turned and ran in a panic of fear to the
higher ground, crossing as he did so the outcropping rock. Then he
seemed to breathe more freely, and recovered some of his jaunty
impudence.

All this seemed to satisfy Adam's expectations. He went back to Lesser
Hill with a serene and settled calm upon him. Sir Nathaniel followed him
into his study.

"By the way, I forgot to ask you details about one thing. When that
extraordinary staring episode of Mr. Caswall went on, how did Lilla take
it--how did she bear herself?"

"She looked frightened, and trembled just as I have seen a pigeon with a
hawk, or a bird with a serpent."

"Thanks. It is just as I expected. There have been circumstances in the
Caswall family which lead one to believe that they have had from the
earliest times some extraordinary mesmeric or hypnotic faculty. Indeed,
a skilled eye could read so much in their physiognomy. That shot of
yours, whether by instinct or intention, of the hawk and the pigeon was
peculiarly apposite. I think we may settle on that as a fixed trait to