(i) No, Ernest did not see the likeness of the Great Stone Face in Gathergold. The truthfulness, kindness and the softness were missing on the face of Gathergold which were clearly visible on the face (ii) Ernest confided in his own heart that the Gathergold was not the right person he was waiting for. He was proved right because Gathergold **** after sometime. He was then a poor man. All the people, then, said that he had no likeness with the stone face.