How good to see the country again and go through the woods to the old high place where she had turned and found Martin.

How good to go back to that old prison house as an independent person, with the right to respect and even consideration.

It would serve Martin right to find her away when he came back.

She would leave a little note on his dressing table.
"No wonder the old lady asks if the trains have broken down," said Mrs.
Harley.

"Of course, we ought to have gone out to see her, Geordie." "Of course," said George, "of course"-- but he darted a glance at Joan which very plainly conveyed the hope that she would find some reason why the visit should not be made.