text:  "The day before V----'s departure for the last time from the country--it was the 4th of August one of the hottest days of the season--as evening fell he strolled with an old school-fellow through the cool green avenues and leafy arcades of the neighbouring park where his friend amused him by pointing out to his attention vast multitudes of Swallows that came swarming from all directions to settle on the roofs and gables of the manor-house