Chapter 37
THE FLOWERING OF THE ALOE This same day, returning through Kensington Gardens, from his preparations for departure, Hilary came suddenly on Bianca standing by the shores of the Round Pond. To the eyes of the frequenters of these Elysian fields, where so many men and shadows daily steal recreation, to the eyes of all drinking in those green gardens their honeyed draught of peace, this husband and wife appeared merely a distinguished-looking couple, animated by a leisured harmony. For the time was not yet when men were one, and could tell by instinct what was passing in each other's hearts. In truth, there were not too many people in London who, in their situation, would have behaved with such seemliness--not too many so civilised as they! Estranged, and soon to part, they retained the m
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