We shall here close this brief explanation of the history and
character of some of our personages leaving them in future to speak
and act for themselves.




CHAPTER III



“All that thou see'st is Natures handiwork;
Those rocks that upward throw their mossy brawl
Like castled pinnacles of elder times;
These venerable stems, that slowly rock
Their towering branches in the wintry gale;
That field of frost, which glitters in the sun,
Mocking the whiteness of a marble breast!
Yet man can mar such works with his rude taste,
Like some sad spoiler of a virgin’s fame.” —Duo.

Some little while elapsed ere Marmaduke Temple was sufficiently
recovered from his agitation to scan the person of his new companion.
He now observed that he was a youth of some two or three and twenty
years of age, and rather above the middle height. Further observation
was prevented by the rough overcoat which was belted close to his form
by a worsted sash, much like the one worn by the old hunter. The eyes
of the Judge, after resting a moment on the figure of the stranger,
were raised to a scrutiny of his countenance. There had been a look
of care visible in the features of the youth, when he first entered