But it seems so long since I was little." * * * * * She walked with Dowie bravely though they did not go far from the Castle.

It happened that they met the doctor driving up the road which twisted in and out among the heath and gorse.

For a moment he looked startled but he managed to control himself quickly and left his dogcart to his groom so that he might walk with them.

His eyes--at once grave and keen--scarcely left her as he strolled by her side.
When they reached the Castle he took Dowie aside and talked anxiously with her.
"There is a change," he said.

"Has anything happened which might have raised her spirits?
It looks like that kind of thing.