14/15 Do you hear, Tod ?" "In the meadow. It was there yesterday--first time this year." Felix slipped his arm through his brother's. I'm awfully hungry...." Sometimes out of a calm sky a few drops fall, the twigs rustle, and far away is heard the muttering of thunder; the traveller thinks: 'A storm somewhere about.' Then all once more is so quiet and peaceful that he forgets he ever had that thought, and goes on his way careless. That woman's face, those two young heathens--the unconscious Tod! There was mischief in the air above that little household. |