quite stagey! Something will come of it, serious or comic. I wonder
which?"

Errington laughed, but said nothing in reply, as their two
companions ascended from the cabin at that moment, in full attire
for the fishing expedition, followed by the steward bearing a large
basket of provisions for luncheon,--and all private conversation
came to an end. Hastening the rest of their preparations, within
twenty minutes they were skimming across the Fjord in a long boat
manned by four sailors, who rowed with a will and sent the light
craft scudding through the water with the swiftness of an arrow.
Landing, they climbed the dewy hills spangled thick with forget-me-
nots and late violets, till they reached a shady and secluded part
of the river, where, surrounded by the songs of hundreds of sweet-
throated birds, they commenced their sport, which kept them, well
employed till a late hour in the afternoon.




CHAPTER IV.


"Thou art violently carried away from grace; there is a devil haunts
thee in the likeness of a fat old man,--a ton of man is thy
companion."

SHAKESPEARE

The Reverend Charles Dyceworthy sat alone in the small dining-room