We have the summer before us.

We have possession of this dell, where no foot but that of yon dead man ever dared to tread.

He thus removed from our path, none else will spy upon us nor hinder us.

We are safer here than in any other spot in the forest.
"Say, sister, wilt thou be my helper in this labour, be it small or great ?" She laid her hand trustingly in his; her dark eyes glowed.
"Gladly, gladly will I share the labour and the toil, my brother.

O Cuthbert, it seems a happy and a fitting thing that the luck of the house should return to the Trevlyns of the Chase through the two poor cousins whom they befriended in their hour of need.