“Yes,” she answered; “and we will go now, or it will be too late.”
And she took down her brown beaver coat and poke bonnet that always hung in the hall ready for common use, and began to put them on.
Le took his overcoat and cap from the same rack, and speedily incased himself. Their gloves were in the pockets of their coats, and so they were soon ready, and in two minutes opened the hall door and left the house.
It was a fine winter twilight. The sun had just set, and the western hemisphere was all aflame with the afterglow. The moon had just risen from behind the deep blue waters of the bay, and was shining broad and full from a rosy gray sky. Though the woods were bare, and the earth was brown with winter, the scene was pleasant in its soft, subdued color and veiled brightness.
CHAPTER XL
AGAIN BY THE WINTRY SEA
“We will walk down by the shore; it is always pleasant there,” said Le.
“Yes, let us go there. It will be too dark in the woods, but there will be moonlight on the sea and shore.”