She did not swerve an inch from her way when a snake slid past her, while the squirrels came down from the trees and took corn from her fingers.
She might as well have been a boy, so lacking was she in any touch of feminine coquetry toward him.

He studied her wonderingly.

As they went along the path they reached a large slime-covered pool surrounded by decaying stumps and logs thickly covered with water hyacinths and blue flags.

Philip stopped.
"Is that the place ?" he asked.
Elnora assented.

"The doctor told you ?" "Yes.