24/53 Would you stay ?" "It sounds really very nice," said Mrs.Waring-Gaunt. "I am actually faint with hunger, and a cup of tea appears necessary to revive me." "Of course, stay," said the girl with quick sympathy. "We can't give you much, but we can give you something." "Oh----ho!" "O-h-o-o-o-h! O-h-o-o-o-h!" A loud call came from the woods. "O-o-o-o-o-h! O-o-o-o-o-h!" The girl's answering call was like the winding of a silver horn. "Here she is." Out from the woods, striding into the clearing, came a young girl dressed in workmanlike garb in short skirt, leggings and jersey, with a soft black hat on the black tumbled locks. |