Where had she heard that voice and those very words before?
Why, of course, it was all plain now.

That first night at the cottage, the barn, the fowl-robbers!--it all came back to her with a rush.

No wonder Dick had been angry when he saw them again,-- and she, in her stupidity, had blamed him for showing temper.
Dear clever, wise, brave Dick! He, too, recognised the voice now, and growled again with all his former spirit.

Huldah's indignation rose beyond control.

"Oh, you cowards!" she called out in a shrill angry voice, "I know you now.