Transcribed from the 1895 Jarrold and Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, UK, for kindly allowing their copy to be used for this transcription. “This is the condition of humanity; we are placed as it were in an intellectual twilight where we discover but few things clearly, and yet we see enough to tempt us with the hope of making better and more discoveries.” —BOLINGBROKE. Crying for the Light or Fifty Years Ago J Ewing Ritchie Author of ‘East Anglia’ * * * * * Vol 3 * * * * * London: Jarrold and Sons Warwick Lane E.C. 1895 CONTENTS OF VOL. III. CHAPTER PAGE XXII. AT THE CATTLE-SHOW 1 XXIII. THE FUNERAL 36 XXIV. THE HONEYMOON 48 XXV. A REVELATION 65 XXVI. THE ITALIAN COUNTESS 82 XXVII. IN BRUSSELS 114 XXVIII. A COUNTRYMAN IN TOWN 131 XXIX. THE COLONEL 159 XXX. ROSE RETIRES FROM THE STAGE 183 XXXI. CHIEFLY ABOUT THE LAND 201 XXXII. CONSULTATION 223 XXXIII. THE FINAL RESOLVE 247 CHAPTER XXII. AT THE CATTLE-SHOW.