owards the
stranger, (who by this time had dismounted,) laid the hare down at his
feet, and then sprang up herself to meet and return his caresses.

"Jesse! It must be Jesse Cliffe!" said Phoebe, in a tone which wavered
between exclamation and interrogatory.

"It can be none other," responded her grandfather. "I'd trust Venus
beyond all the world in the matter of recognising an old friend, and we
all know that except her old master and her young mistress, she never
cared a straw for anybody but Jesse. It must be Jesse Cliffe, though to
be sure he's so altered that how the bitch could find him out, is beyond
my comprehension. It's remarkable," continued he in an under tone,
walking away with Jesse from the Belford party, "that we five (counting
Venus and old Daniel) should meet just on this very spot--isn't it?
It looks as if we were to come together. And if you have a fancy for
Phoebe, as your friend Sir Robert says you have, and if Phoebe retains
her old fancy for you, (as I partly believe maybe the case,) why my
consent sha'nt be wanting. Don't keep squeezing my hand, man, but go and
find out what she thinks of the matter."

Five minutes after this conversation Jesse and Phoebe were walking
together towards the house: what he said we have no business to inquire,
but if blushes may be trusted, of a certainty the little damsel did not
answer "No."

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