He whistled again for a moment, then asked abruptly: 'Say! have you seen Clem again ?' 'No,' replied the girl, examining him with sudden acuteness.

'What about her ?' 'Nothing much.

She's got her back up a bit, that's all.' 'About me ?' Pennyloaf asked anxiously.
Bob nodded.

As he was making some further remarks on the subject, a man's figure appeared at a little distance, and almost immediately withdrew again round a winding of the Passage.

A moment after there sounded from that direction a shrill whistle.