Farther off, a dog barked, and there was a confused bleating of sheep, but this seemed to emphasize the peaceful calm.
"It's wonderfully quiet," Festing remarked.

"I can't get used to the stillness; I feel as if I was dreaming and would wake up to hear the din of the rivers and the ballast roaring off the gravel cars.

However, I have some business to do to-morrow that I'm not keen about.

Can one see Knott Scar from here ?" "It's the blue ridge, about six miles off.

The dark patch on its slope is a big beech wood." "Then do you know the Daltons ?" "Oh, yes," said Muriel.