The latter took and pressed it, smiling kindly.
Bessie, happy in her superior position, looked about her with a satisfied air.

She sat with Mrs.Ormonde on the fore-seat; presently she leaned aside to look westward, and informed Thyrza that the promontory visible before them was Beachy Head.

Thyrza had no response to utter.
The carriage turned inland again.

Thyrza lost sight of the sea.

As if she cared to look at nothing else, her eyes fell.
When they arrived at The Chestnuts, Mrs.Ormonde led her companions to an upper room, where Mrs.Mapper sat talking with two or three children.
'I think Bessie can have her old bed, can't she ?' she said, after introducing Thyrza.