“Are you going after the other swallows?”
“Not just yet.”
“Won’t you be afraid of getting lost if you are left behind?”
“Oh no, we never get lost whilst we are doing our duty.”
Winifred began to feel rather uncomfortable. She was half sorry she had agreed to go with the swallow.
“Is it your duty to do what the—the angel told you?”
“Yes.”
“I think he was vexed,” observed Winifred rather discontentedly. “I was glad when he went away.”
“Hush!” answered the swallow, “you ought not to talk like that.”
Winnie was silent for awhile, and then she asked: