Please observe, Mr.
Arthur.

Never again in this mortal life shall I be able to 'order' an engine for two o'clock!--and one of these C.P.R.engines, too, great splendid fellows! We go down the pass, and take tea at Field; and come up the pass again this evening, to dine and sleep at Laggan.

As we descend, the engine goes in front to hold us back; and when we ascend, it goes behind to push us up; and I understand that the hill is even steeper"-- she bent forward, laughing, to Delaine, appealing to their common North Country recollections--"than the Shap incline!" "Too steep, I gather," said Delaine, "to be altogether safe." His tone was sharp.

He stood with his back to the view, looking from Elizabeth to her companion.
Anderson turned.
"As we manage it, it is perfectly safe! But it costs us too much to make it safe.

That's the reason for the new bit of line." Elizabeth turned away uncomfortably, conscious again, as she had often been before, of the jarring between the two men.
At two o'clock the car and the engine were ready, and Yerkes received them at the station beaming with smiles.