He was already in the cart, and it had started.

He stood up in it and waved his hand to her, and she stood on the dyke and waved to him, and thus they stood waving till a hollow in the road swallowed cart and man and boy.

Then Elspeth put her hands to her eyes and went sobbing homeward.
When she was gone, a girl who had heard all that passed between them rose from among the broom of Caddam and took Elspeth's place on the dyke, where she stood motionless waiting for the cart to reappear as it climbed the other side of the hollow.

She wore a black frock and a blue bonnet with white strings, but the cart was far away, and Tommy thought she was Elspeth, and springing to his feet again in the cart he waved and waved.

At first she did not respond, for had she not heard him say, "You're the only one I love, and I care not a hair for Grizel ?" And she knew he was mistaking her for Elspeth.