Very slight indeed are these relics, one window and some shapeless masses of defaced masonry being alone exposed; but a hill close beside them is supposed to cover more of the fabric, though history tells not how or when the earth was so heaped up.

The circle of the moat is still complete, and generally contains water.
Pendal Castle Hill, as the locality is called, is approached by a rustic lane leading from the village; it is enclosed like an ordinary meadow, and shadowed here and there with trees.

On Sundays and holidays it is a resort much favoured by Dunfieldians; at other times its solitude is but little interfered with.

Knowing this, Emily had appointed the spot for the meeting.

She had directed Wilfrid to take a train from Dunfield to Pendal, and had described the walk up to the castle hill.
He was not before her this time, and there were endless reasons for fear lest she should wait in vain.