Estella，forherpart，likewisetreatedmeasbefore；exceptthatshedidnotcondescendtospeak。Whenwehadplayedsomehalfdozengames，adaywasappointedformyreturn，andIwastakendownintotheyardtobefedintheformerdog-likemanner。There，too，IwasagainlefttowanderaboutasIliked。
ItisnotmuchtothepurposewhetheragateinthatgardenwallwhichIhadscrambleduptopeepoveronthelastoccasionwas，onthatlastoccasion，openorshut。EnoughthatIsawnogatethem，andthatIsawonenow。Asitstoodopen，andasIknewthatEstellahadletthevisitorsout-for，shehadreturnedwiththekeysinherhand-Istrolledintothegardenandstrolledalloverit。Itwasquiteawilderness，andtherewereoldmelon-framesandcucumber-framesinit，whichseemedintheirdeclinetohaveproducedaspontaneousgrowthofweakattemptsatpiecesofoldhatsandboots，withnowandthenaweedyoffshootintothelikenessofabatteredsaucepan。
WhenIhadexhaustedthegarden，andagreenhousewithnothinginitbutafallen-downgrape-vineandsomebottles，IfoundmyselfinthedismalcorneruponwhichIhadlookedoutofwindow。Neverquestioningforamomentthatthehousewasnowempty，Ilookedinatanotherwindow，andfoundmyself，tomygreatsurprise，exchangingabroadstarewithapaleyounggentlemanwithredeyelidsandlighthair。
Thispaleyounggentlemanquicklydisappeared，andre-appearedbesideme。HehadbeenathisbookswhenIhadfoundmyselfstaringathim，andInowsawthathewasinky。
`Halloa！\'saidhe，`youngfellow！\'