"He must have fallen down here from above."
Her Kingdom Book II, Chapter I.
He had found her! Crouched down over another figure lying on the ground beside her.
"What are you doing? Are you hurt?"
"It is poor old Tommy Nixon."
She rose slowly to her feet.
He gripped her by the arm, but she shrank from his touch.
"Can you lift him up? Poor old man, he is seriously injured. He must have fallen down here from above. I'll tell you all about it afterwards, but how can we get him home? I haven't the least notion where we are. I heard his dog barking. Take care, don't step on him; he resents anyone touching his master. Is anyone with you?"
"James may be round about!" He sent a loud halloa out amongst the Fells. Echoes resounded from the rocky crags, and a faint shout that was not his came to them.
Then Justin flashed his torch to and fro. There was an answering gleam in the mist, and in ten minutes' time, the farmer had joined them. Just before he came up, Justin spoke almost roughly: