By the ampler feel of things, and the easing of the slope, he knew they
were out of the cutting, and presently they were passing Plaisance.
"If you would sooner I did not walk with you, I will fall behind; but I
couldn't stop here and think of you going on alone," he said.
"That would be foolishness," she said gently. "But there is really no
need. I have no fears of ghosts or anything like that."
"There might be other kinds of spirits about," he said quietly. "And
when men drink as some of my fellows do, they are no respecters of
persons. But this is surely very sudden. Your grandmother seemed all
right at dinner-time."
"She had bad pains in the afternoon, and they have been getting worse.
She did not want to have the doctor, but the things she took did her no
good, and mother said I had better go and ask him for something more."
"And where is Bernel?"
"He went to the fishing with Billy Mollet, and he was not back."
"And suppose the doctor is not in?"
"They will know where he is, and I will go after him."
"Did you see those wonderful waves of fire as you came across the
Coupee?"
"I have seen them often.
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