But no one ever stirred within twenty or thirty miles of where he lived without our hearing about it.

Father fished him out, having paid him pretty well for some small service, and ever after that he said he could sleep in peace.
We had the horses up, ready saddled and fed, by sundown, and as soon as the moon rose we made a start of it.

I had time for a bit of a talk with Aileen about the Storefields, though I couldn't bring myself to say their names at first.

I was right in thinking that Gracey had seen me led away a prisoner by the police.

She came into the hut afterwards with Aileen, as soon as mother was better, and the two girls sat down beside one another and cried their eyes out, Aileen said.
George Storefield had been very good, and told Aileen that, whatever happened to us or the old man, it would make no difference to him or to his feelings towards her.