It seemed to please her'-- and withdrawing her hand she turned to John Backhouse--'when I suggested that I should walk up to Shanmoss and back.
I said I would come back to her in half an hour or so, when the daylight was quite gone, and prove to her there was nothing on the path.' A hand caught her arm.

It was Mrs.Irwin, holding the door close with the other hand.
'Miss Leyburn--Miss Catherine! Yur not gawin' oot--not gawin' oop _that_ path ?' The woman was fond of Catherine, and looked deadly frightened.
'Yes, I am, Mrs.Irwin--but I shall be back very soon.

Don't leave her; go back.' And Catherine motioned her back with a little peremptory gesture.
'Doan't ye let 'ur, sir,' said the woman excitedly to Robert.

'One's eneuf oneut aa'm thinking.' And she pointed with a meaning gesture to the room behind her.
Robert looked at Catherine, who was moving toward the outer door.
'I'll go with her,' he said hastily, his face lighting up.

'There is nothing whatever to be afraid of, only don't leave your patient.' Catherine trembled as she heard the words, but she made no sign, and the two men and the women watched their departure with blank uneasy wonderment.