I took the foot-path from the hotel." "Oh, I see--from the other way.

I was waiting in the trail below.

You saw who was in the carriage ?" "Beaton--yes," quietly.

"He expects some friends, and wishes me to meet them--Eastern people, you know." Her indifference ruffled his temper, aroused his suspicion of her purpose.
"You sent for me; there is some explanation, no doubt ?" The lady smiled, lifting her eyes to his face.
"There is," she answered.

"A perfectly satisfactory one, I believe; but this place is too prominent, as I have a rather long story to tell.
Beaton and his friends will be returning soon." "There is a rock seat below, just beyond the clump of willows, quite out of sight from the road," he suggested.