23/26 "I'll come to Glenfernie to-morrow or the next day." "Yes, come! I'm fond of Jamie, but he's three years younger than I." "You've got a sister ?" "Alice? I've been wanting somebody." "So have I.I'm lonelier than you." They came to the level top of the heath. The sun rode low; the shadow of the hill stretched at their feet, out over path and harvest-field. Alexander, homeward bound, dropped over the crest. |