’Iwill，’saidLovedayreluctantly；andhewent。
Annestoodstill。Shecouldnowescapehergallantfriend，for，althoughthedistancewaslong，itwasnotimpossibletowalkhome。
Ontheotherhand，Lovedaywasagoodandsincerefellow，forwhomshehadalmostabrotherlyfeeling，andsheshrankfromsuchatrick。Whileshestoodandmused，scarcelyheedingthemusic，themarchingofthesoldiers，theKing，thedukes，thebrilliantstaff，theattendants，andthehappygroupsofpeople，hereyesfellupontheground。
Beforehershesawaflowerlying——acrimsonsweet-william——freshanduninjured。Aninstinctivewishtosaveitfromdestructionbythepassengers’feetledhertopickitup；andthen，movedbyasuddenself-consciousness，shelookedaround。Shewasstandingbeforeaninn，andfromanupperwindowFestusDerrimanwasleaningwithtwoorthreekindredspiritsofhiscutandkind。Henoddedeagerly，andsignifiedtoherthathehadthrowntheflower。
Whatshouldshedo？Tothrowitawaywouldseemstupid，andtokeepitwasawkward。Shehelditbetweenherfingerandthumb，twirleditroundonitsaxisandtwirleditbackagain，regardingandyetnotexaminingit。Justthenshesawthetrumpet-majorcomingback。