Instead, the noise that reverberated through the valley suddenly ceased, and there fell an intense stillness.
That racked her beyond bearing.

She looked up at him at last with a desperate courage and met his eyes.

"What is it ?" she questioned.

"Why do you--why do you look at me--like that ?" He made a brief gesture, as if refusing a challenge, and stood up.

"Shall we go ?" he said.
She got up also, but her knees were trembling, and in a moment his hand came out and closed with that official grip upon her elbow.