As he worked he kept asking questions.

What kind of logs were best to look beside, what trees were pupae cases most likely to be under; on what bushes did caterpillars spin most frequently?
Time passed, as it always does when one's occupation is absorbing.
When the Sintons took Mrs.Comstock home, they stopped to see Elnora.
She was not there.

Mrs.Comstock called at the edge of her woods and received no reply.

Then Wesley turned and drove back to the Limberlost.
He left Margaret and Mrs.Comstock holding the team and entertaining Billy, while he entered the swamp.
Elnora and Pete had made a wide trail behind them.

Before Sinton had thought of calling, he heard voices and approached with some caution.
Soon he saw Elnora, her flushed face beaming as she bent with an armload of twigs and branches and talked to a kneeling man.
"Now go cautiously!" she was saying.