34/50 Only now he wished with all his heart that Louie were safe at home. He smiled at it, turned it over, gradually resolved upon it. She would lead him a life afterward, but what matter ?--let her! From the far depths of the unseen valley a sound struck upwards, piercing through the noises of river and wind. It was the clock of Clough End church, tolling eleven. He stooped down and crawled in beside Louie. |