text:  I passed and repassed Verbena Lodge but saw nobody at the windows; I meditated even on the expediency of making my way into the house on pretence of a message from Mr Dobble; when----once upon a time in the merry month of May beneath a stately tree musing and alone I say in the heart of Bushy Park the unmistakable figure--the unmistakable face of Lucy Ashton radiant smiling beautiful as of old