The old man, whom I soon perceived to be blind, employed his leisure hours on his instrument or in contemplation. The young man was constantly employed out of doors, and the girl in various laborious occupations within. "This day was passed in the same routine as that which preceded it. The young woman arranged the cottage and prepared the food, and the youth departed after the first meal. "The cottagers arose the next morning before the sun. I remembered too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers, and resolved, whatever course of conduct I might hereafter think it right to pursue, that for the present I would remain quietly in my hovel, watching and endeavouring to discover the motives which influenced their actions. What chiefly struck me was the gentle manners of these people, and I longed to join them, but dared not.
"I lay on my straw, but I could not sleep.
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