They walked a little way beyond the station in the direction of Montreux until they reached a confectioner’s.
“I am going in here to get some food for my journey,” said Evereld, “I will wish you good bye;” she gave her hand to each of them, shyly thanked Dick Lewisham for his help, and entered the shop.
“End of the second volume,” said Miss Upton with a comical expression on her bright face. “Nothing remains for us, Mr. Lewisham, but to kill time by a row on the lake. Take me to see Chillon; nothing but an old and venerable castle will fill up this awful blank, or rouse my interest.”
“Oh, we shall have some good fun to-night or to-morrow morning,” said Dick Lewisham, “Messrs. Wylie and Mactavish wall furnish us with some capital sport. I only hope no harm will happen to that brave little girl.”
CHAPTER XXVI
“But, by all thy nature’s weakness,
Hidden faults and follies known,
Be thou, in rebuking evil,