But the moon kept her own secret, and presently the pair turned away.
"Shall we go back by the chantry ?" asked Cuthbert, with some hesitation; "I should like to see it once again." "Let us," answered Kate; "we are not like to meet thy father.

He has given up by now his watch around the house.

Moreover, I have eyes and ears like a wildcat.

None can approach unawares upon us.

I can feel a human presence ere I see it." Cuthbert did not lack courage, and was quite willing to chance the small risk there was of an encounter with his father.