then, but the next morning I said to Farmer Hendry, 'I wish you

would keep your savage bull chained up while we are here; aunt Celia
is awfully afraid of them, especially those that go mad, like

yours!' 'Lor', miss,' said Farmer Hendry, 'he haven't been pastured
here for three weeks. I keep him six mile away. There ben't

nothing but gentle cows in the home medder.' But I didn't think
that you knew, you secretive person! I dare say you planned the

whole thing in advance, in order to take advantage of my fright!"
"Never! I am incapable of such an unnecessary subterfuge! Besides,

Kitty, I could not have made an accomplice of a cow, you know."
" Then," she said, with great dignity, "if you had been a gentleman

and a man of honor, you would have cried, 'Unhand me, girl! You are
clinging to me under a misunderstanding!'"

SHE
CHESTER, August 8

The Grosvenor.
Jack and I are going over this same ground next summer, on our

wedding trip. We shall sail for home next week, and we haven't half
done justice to the cathedrals. After the first two, we saw nothing

but each other on a general background of architecture. I hope my
mind is improved, but oh, I am so hazy about all the facts I have

read since I knew Jack! Winchester and Salisbury stand out superbly
in my memory. They acquired their ground before it was occupied

with other matters. I shall never forget, for instance, that
Winchester has the longest spire and Salisbury the highest nave of

all the English cathedrals. And I shall never forget so long as I
live that Jane Austen and Isaac Newt- Oh dear! was it Isaac Newton

or Izaak Walton that was buried in Winchester and Salisbury? To
think that that interesting fact should have slipped from my mind,

after all the trouble I took with it! But I know that it was Isaac
somebody, and that he was buried in--well, he was buried in one of

those two places. I am not certain which, but I can ask Jack; he is
sure to know.

End

• savage [´sævidʒ] a.野蛮的 n.蛮人 (初中英语单词)
• advantage [əd´vɑ:ntidʒ] n.优势；利益 (初中英语单词)
• dignity [´digniti] n.尊严，尊贵；高官显贵 (初中英语单词)
• background [´bækgraund] n.背景；经历；幕后 (初中英语单词)
• instance [´instəns] n.例子，实例，例证 (初中英语单词)
• awfully [´ɔ:fuli] ad.令人畏惧地 (高中英语单词)
• architecture [´ɑ:kitektʃə] n.建筑术；建筑学 (高中英语单词)
• incapable [in´keipəbəl] a.无能力的；不能的 (英语四级单词)
• august [ɔ:´gʌst] a.尊严的；威严的 (英语六级单词)