He crept into shelter beside her, and presently, in the lull after a
fiercer blast than usual, she set off, bent almost double, and in a
moment they were in comparative quiet. Nance crawled through a gap into
the road and they found Bernel waiting for them.
"Knew you'd come through there. That's what that gap's made for," he
shouted.
"I've been in many a storm but I never felt wind like that before," said
Gard, as soon as his breath came back.
"If you'd stopped with me you'd have been all right," said Bernel.
"There was no need for you to go after Nance. We've been through that
lots of times, haven't we, Nance?"
"Lots."
"I shall know next time," said Gard, and to Nance it was a fresh
experience to think of some one going out of his way to be of possible
service to her.
CHAPTER VIII
HOW TOM WANTED TO BUT DIDN'T DARE
Before the six weeks allowed by Sark law for the retraiting of the
property had expired, Grannie and Mrs. Hamon put in their claims, and it
became generally known that they would become the new owners of La
Closerie, in place of John Guille.
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