He glanced around at the few farmhouses dotted in sheltered places amongst the hills.
"There are very few of them," he answered.

"That makes this place all the more enjoyable for any one who comes for a real rest." Miller felt that he was suffering defeat.

He opened his lips and closed them again.

The jocular reference to Lady Jane remained unspoken.
There was something in the calm aloofness of the man by his side which intimidated even while it annoyed him.

Soon they commenced the drop from the moorland to where, far away below, the Manor with its lawn and gardens and outbuildings seemed like a child's pleasure palace.