0n the night of the fifth day a little snow was lying upon the ground,but the sun rose strong and unclouded, the yellowness vanished, and thereremained only a pleasant dampness which made sod and sand firm yetspringy to the foot. As the day wore on, the air became more amiablestill, and a delicate haze settled over the water and over the land,making softer to the eye house and hill and rock and sea.

There was little life in the city of St. Heliers, there were few peopleupon the beach; though now and then some one who had been praying besidea grave in the parish churchyard came to the railings and looked out uponthe calm sea almost washing its foundations, and over the dim range ofrocks, which, when the tide was out, showed like a vast gridironblackened by fires. Near by, some loitering sailors watched the yawl-rigged fishing craft from Holland, and the codfish-smelling cul-de-pouleschooners of the great fishing company which exploited the far-off fieldsof Gaspe in Canada.