CHAPTER III 



INDEPENDENCE 



The leveret's wonderful memory for country he 

 had once been over enabled him to find his way 

 straight back to the farm, where with timid 

 steps he passed from enclosure to enclosure, 

 exploring his domain. In his round he came 

 on a field of clover, another of turnips, two of 

 corn, pastures with sheep and cattle, and a 

 pound with a donkey in it, familiar objects 

 which served to make him forget his solitary 

 condition till he came to the scene of the 

 previous night's frolics ; then the thought of his 

 mother and sister flashed across his mind : he 

 became alive to his loneliness. But a voice 

 within whispered, ** Courage, courage, all will 

 soon be well " ; at this he took heart and 

 strove to forget the past as he resumed his 

 way, observant of everything and alert to the 

 many dangers of the night. 



In a field of mowing-grass and again in the 



