'Do this,' he said, 'and I shall know that the lesson I have taught you on your journey homeward has not been thrown away. My darling boy! my curse through life has been that the sense of weight in money is a sense I am and was born utterly a stranger to. The consequence is, my grandest edifices fall; there is no foundation for them. Not that I am worse, understand me, than under a temporary cloud, and the blessing of heaven has endowed me with a magnificent constitution. Heaven forefend that I should groan for myself, or you for me! But digest what you have learnt, Richie; press nothing on the squire; be guided by the advice of that esteemed and admirable woman, your aunt Dorothy. And, by the way, you may tell her confidentially of the progress of your friendship with the Princess Ottilia. Here I shall employ my hours in a tranquil study of nature until I see you.' Thus he sped me forward. We sighted Riversley about mid-day on a sunny June morning. Compared with the view from Bella Vista, our firs looked scanty, our heath-tracts dull, as places having no page of history written on them, our fresh green meadows not more than commonly homely. I was so full of my sense of triumph in my adventurous journey and the recovery of my father, that I gazed on the old Grange from a towering height. The squire was on the lawn, surrounded by a full company: the Ilchesters, the Ambroses, the Wilfords, Captain and Squire Gregory Bulsted, the Rubreys, and others, all bending to roses, to admire, smell, or pluck. Charming groups of ladies were here and there; and Temple whispered as we passed them: 'We beat foreigners in our women, Richie.' I, making it my business to talk with perfect unconcern, replied 'Do you think so? Perhaps. Not in all cases'; all the while I was exulting at the sweet beams of England radiating from these dear early- morning-looking women. My aunt Dorothy swam up to me, and, kissing me, murmured: 'Take no rebuff from your grandpapa, darling.' My answer was: 'I have found him!' Captain Bulsted sang out our names; I caught sight of Julia Rippenger's face; the squire had his back turned to me, which reminded me of my first speech with Captain Jasper Welsh, and I thought to myself, I know something of the world now, and the thing is to keep a good temper. Here there was no wire-coil to intercept us, so I fronted him quickly. 'Hulloa!' he cried, and gave me his shoulder. 'Temple is your guest, sir,' said I. He was obliged to stretch out his hand to Temple. A prompt instinct warned me that I must show him as much Beltham as I could summon. 'Dogs and horses all right, sir?' I asked. Captain Bulsted sauntered near. 'Here, William,' said the squire, 'tell this fellow about my stables.' 'In excellent condition, Harry Richmond,' returned the captain. 'Oh! he 's got a new name, I 'll swear,' said the squire. 'Not I !' 'Then what have you got of your trip, eh?' 'A sharper eye than I had, sir.'