The path they followed forked, and Helen stopped at the turning.
"The hotel is yonder to the right," she said.

"We are going to the hall, where they sometimes take people in." Festing remembered that Muriel had indicated the hall, which he understood was a well-built farm, as his stopping place.

He wanted to go there, but thought there was some risk of its looking as if he meant to force his society on the girls.

He took the path Helen indicated, and when he had gone some distance, stopped, hesitated, and then went on.
The girls noted this and Miss Jardine said: "I suppose he remembered that he has my sack, or else his heart failed him." Helen looked at her in surprise.

"Did you forget ?" "I did not," Miss Jardine admitted.