96 BRUNO 



" Yes, it would be better," said Julius, who 

 saw by the light of the flames how pale I had 

 become, and noted how I was trembling. " It 

 will not do to have you so terrified : we '11 

 make a change at once. But it will be diffi- 

 cult to find a house until the tourists begin to 

 scatter." 



We thoroughly discussed the situation, and 

 by breakfast-time had reached a decision. 



I was to return to Lemonville for a stay of a 

 week or two, and while there to see to the 

 packing and shipping of a piano we had left in 

 storage. Julius meanwhile was to find a cot- 

 tage, and have our belongings transferred to it. 

 We did not like the arrangement very well, but 

 it seemed to be the only thing we could do. 



Thus ended our experience as lodgers. 



I was gone two weeks. It was pleasant to 

 meet old friends, after a separation long enough 

 to have plenty of news to exchange, without 

 having had time to lose interest in each other's 

 affairs, but my heart was back in Jacksonville. 



Julius and I wrote to each other every day, 

 but the mails were so tedious and uncertain 

 that we usually got each other's letters by 

 threes or fours, with days full of anxiety and 

 heartrache between. 



