the sleeping echoes awoke, and answered the voice; and the passenger, barely able to discern a figure sitting in the oblique shade of the steeple, traversed the street to obtain a nearer view. he was himself a gentleman in his prime, of open, intelligent, cheerful, and altogether prepossessing countenance. perceiving a country youth, apparently homeless and without friends, he accosted him in a tone of real kindness, which had become strange to robin's ears.