Yet she kept herself from despair.

Surely by now the brothers would have found out, and they would follow! Surely they would follow! And Eustace--Eustace would thank her for what she had done.
She strained her ears for their coming; but she heard nothing--nothing but their own muffled footsteps on the snow.

And ever the darkness deepened, and the mist crept closer around them.
She gathered all her courage to face the falling night.

She was sure she had done right to come and so she hoped God would take care of them..