Wrongs and worries appeared so much smaller and less important--any grievance was bearable while there was this to come to.
They talked so long that a change came over the aspect of the woods.
The sun lost its first clear, penetrating brilliancy, and took on a deeper glow.

Dan noticed it first, and sprang to his feet.
"Let's move on," he cried, "or it will be tea-time before we have done anything." "If we are going to have ham and eggs for tea," said matter-of-fact Betty, "I think one of us had better order them soon, or Mrs.

Henderson may say she can't cook them in time." The appeal did not touch them so keenly as it would have done had their last meal been a more distant memory.

But, at the same time, the ham and eggs and cream tea was to be a part of their day, and they were not going to be deprived of it.

So they clambered up through the woods again till they reached the railway line, and strolled along it until they came to the farm.
Kitty, being the eldest, was chosen to go in and order the tea, while the others hung over the gate and sniffed in the mingled perfume of the roses, the pinks, and all the other sweet-scented flowers with which the little garden was stocked.