Nobody came.
"God will send somebody!" said Noel confidently.
"I don't believe God hears us," said Inez. "You told me the Devil lives in my house. Perhaps he has come with us here, and means to keep us here."
"It's only when we're naughty that the Devil is near," said Noel. "I haven't had him near me to-day. I've been a good boy all along."
"I haven't been good," said Inez. "I fought with Julia when she was combing my hair. She pulls it on purpose, so I hit her with the hairbrush; and when we were running after the rabbit in the wood, I meant to run away and give the others the trouble of looking for us. I like giving people trouble. That's wicked, you know. As long as it doesn't get dark, I don't mind, but if it gets dark here, I dare say the Devil will come and frighten us, and then what shall we do?"
"God won't let him!" said Noel stoutly.
Nothing would shake his faith.
Inez began to admire him for it.
"I wish I belonged to God like you do," she said. "Do you think He'd love me if I did?"
"O' course He would."