"Yes," said Boy. "Up a tree."
She limped coldly away.
He followed her.
"Are you lul-lame?" he asked, shy and anxious.
"Sprained my off-hind fetlock," she replied.
BOOK II
THE WATCHER
CHAPTER IX
Patience Longstaffe
Patience Longstaffe was the only child of Preacher Joe, of God-First Farm, on the way to Lewes; and she was very like her father.