Saying which, she turned the key in the door, and left him standing dumb with astonishment.
After she had gone some distance, he called after her: "Ye are makin' the mistak o' y'r life!"
CHAPTER XVI
OVER THE MOUNTAINS
One Friday early in May, Edith Clayton suddenly became ill. Esther, returning from school, found Mrs. Clayton deeply distressed.
"Oh," she said, "if Mr. Clayton or the boys were only here to take Edith to Carlisle, to see Dr. Brown!"
"How soon will they return?"
"Two days. I'm afraid to drive myself, and Edith sick."
"Does she know the way there, Mrs. Clayton?" Esther seemed weighing the matter.