About noon
The morning arose fresh and bright ; the Heavens exhibited a clear and unclouded concave ; even the wild heath , refreshed by the late rains , smiled around , and sent up with the morning gale a stream of fragrance . The duke quitted the mansion , re-animated by the cheerfulness of morn , and pursued his journey . He could gain no intelligence of the fugitives . About noon he found himself in a beautiful romantic country ; and having reached the summit of some wild cliffs , he rested , to view the picturesque imagery of the scene below . A shadowy sequestered dell appeared buried deep among the rocks , and in the bottom was seen a lake , whose clear bosom reflected the impending cliffs , and the beautiful luxuriance of the overhanging shades . But his attention was quickly called from the beauties of inanimate nature , to objects more interesting ; for he observed two persons , whom he instantly recollected to be the same that he had formerly pursued over the plains . They were seated on the margin of the lake , under the shade of some high trees at the foot of the rocks , and seemed partaking of a repast which was spread upon the grass .