Though utterly reckless on his own account, she fancied that she had made an impression upon him, and that he would not act wholly without consideration for her.

In bestowing her friendship upon him she had therewith reposed a confidence which his invariable compliance with her wishes had seemed to warrant.

She did not think that her trust would ever prove to have been misplaced.

But she was sorry, unquestionably she was sorry, to have left without bidding him farewell.

It might be long ere they would meet again.
And with the thought yet in her mind she looked out of the window in front of her, and saw his slim, supple figure, clad in a white sweater, shoot swiftly down a snow-draped slope ahead of her, like a meteor flashing earthwards out of the blue.
His arms were extended; his movements had a lithe grace that was irresistibly fascinating to the eye.