They walked on in silence as people walking in their sleep, and were oddly conscious now and again of the mass of their bodies.

Then Rachel exclaimed suddenly, "Helen!" In the sunny space at the edge of the forest they saw Helen still sitting on the tree-trunk, her dress showing very white in the sun, with Hirst still propped on his elbow by her side.

They stopped instinctively.

At the sight of other people they could not go on.

They stood hand in hand for a minute or two in silence.