She knew not, nor did she think at all of where she was going; she only had a delightful sense of exploring new worlds.

However, about the middle of the day she felt very hungry.

She began to remember then that she could not keep on roving for ever, and that there was probably trouble before her at Wavertree, waiting for her return.
She sat down on a bank to rest, and Scamp nestled beside her, alternately looking in her face and licking her hands.

It occurred to Hetty that perhaps he was hungry too, and that if she had left him in the stable-yard he would at least have got his dinner.

Remorse troubled her, and she cast about to try and discover something they two could eat.