CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAP.
XX.	[PAUL AND VIRGINIA.]
XXI.	[IS SHE HERE?]
XXII.	["WELL, PETER?"]
XXIII.	["POOR SUSAN!"]
XXIV.	["THEY MET, 'TWAS IN A CROWD."]
XXV.	[ROSE AND THE RING.]
XXVI.	[THE MOTHERS.]
XXVII.	[AN OBDURATE DAUGHTER.]
XXVIII.	[THEY HAVE IT OUT.]
XXIX.	["IT IS ALL A MESS!"]
XXX.	[A CLOSE OBSERVER.]
XXXI.	[THE LADY PRINCIPAL.]
XXXII.	["YOU MAY TRUST ME TO HOLD MY TONGUE!"]
XXXIII.	[SUSAN IS EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY.]
XXXIV.	[MISS ROLPH IS SEVERE.]
XXXV.	[MILLICENT.]

TRUE TO A TYPE.

CHAPTER XX.

[PAUL AND VIRGINIA.]

The storm exhausted itself at length. The thunder passed on westward, the rain abated and ceased, the clouds parted and rolled away, leaving the sky clear but paler for its agony of tears. It was now evening, and the air felt fresh even to chilliness, for the temperature had fallen a matter of fifteen degrees--from 90° to 70° or 75°. The party stood round the fire with something not greatly removed from a shiver, and warmed their hands. It was not actually cold, but the transition had been sudden and violent, which came to the same thing.

"And now to get back?" said Wilkie, looking at his watch. "The gong at the beach is just going to sound for supper. I confess I feel peckish. Should we not be thinking of a move, Blount?"

Blount coughed. "There are rather many of us for my small boat, in the present state of the weather. There is probably more wind, and certainly more swell, than you would suppose from looking at the landlocked channel down there. I fear we must postpone thoughts of supper for the present."

"If we delay, no one can say when we may get in. I don't see why we should not make the attempt at once. We shall at least have daylight to lessen our difficulties if we attempt it now. What do you say?"