observe whether the impression had come out backwards or forwards. He
who had been so mute among Lady Everington's geniuses fell all of a
sudden into a loquaciousness which was merely the reaction of his love
for his wife, the instinct which makes the male bird sing. He just
went on talking; and every day he became in his own estimation and in
that of Asako, a more intelligent, a more original and a more eloquent
man.




CHAPTER III

EASTWARDS

_Nagaki yo no
To no nemuri no
Miname-zame,
Nami nori fune no
Oto no yoki kana_.

From the deep sleep
Of a long night
Waking,
Sweet is the sound
Of the ship as it rides the waves.


When August snow fell upon St. Moritz, the Barringtons descended to
Milan, Florence, Venice and Rome. Towards Christmas they found their