I have kept them still." "They were HER shoes," said the girl quickly, "I couldn't find mine in our hurry, and hers were too large for me, and dropped off." She stopped, and with a faint return of her old gladness said, "Then you DID come back?
I KNEW you would." "I should have stayed THEN, but we got no reply when we shouted.

Why was that ?" he demanded suddenly.
"Oh, we were warned against speaking to any stranger, or even being seen by any one while we were alone," returned the girl simply.
"But why ?" persisted Key.
"Oh, because there were so many highwaymen and horse-stealers in the woods.

Why, they had stopped the coach only a few weeks before, and only a day or two ago, when Mrs.Barker came down.

SHE saw them!" Key with difficulty suppressed a groan.

They walked on in silence for some moments, he scarcely daring to lift his eyes to the decorous little figure hastening by his side.