She turned her face, listening for the answer, and found Burke seated on another boulder not six yards away.
So unexpected was the sight that she caught her breath in astonishment and a sharp instinctive sense of dismay.

He was not looking at her, but gazing forth to the distant hills like an eagle from its eyrie.

His eyes had the look of seeing many things that were wholly beyond her vision.
She sat in silence, a curious feeling of embarrassment upon her, as if she looked upon something which she was not meant to see and yet could not turn from.

His brown face was so intent, almost terribly keen.

The lines about the mouth were drawn with ruthless distinctness.