"Yes, I thought it would be fun."
Quite a little pall of gloom fell over both, in the consideration of what they had missed, and both stared absent-mindedly up and down the valley, seeing nothing except the vision of Mrs. Ray perusing the Kinnecot paper.
"Alva is so serious over everything," Lassie said presently, with a mournful note in her voice.
"She's too serious," declared Ingram.
"She's looking forward to so much happiness that she says she can't bear to add even a breath to any one's misery."
"And she isn't going to have any happiness at all."
"Don't you think there's any hope?"
"Of course there isn't any hope."
"What will become of that house?"
"I don't know, I'm sure."