17/21 "I don't mind the wind a bit; it's rather pleasant. It's only that the look of the place makes me miserable, I think. It looks as if no one had danced there for a hundred years." "Neither any one has, I suppose, till to-night," said Tom. "What a fine place it would be if only it had a roof to it! I can't think how any one can live beside it and leave it like that!" But Tom lived a good deal closer to a worse ruin, and never spent a thought on it. "I can't think why I should feel like this--just as if something dreadful were watching me! I'll go home, Mr.Helmer.". |