Rob and Nelly sat down on the barn-doorsteps, and watched the tents. It seemed a long time before anybody stirred. At last, a man came out of the tent which was nearest the barn. He stood still for a minute, looking up and down the valley. Then he gave a great stretch and yawned very loud, and walked off towards the field where the horses were.
"That's their man," said Rob: "he's going to water the horses. I mean to go and talk to him."
"Oh, no, don't!" said Nelly: "let's see who comes out next."
In a few minutes more, there came out of the next tent a stout woman, with a white cap on her head. The cap had thick fluted ruffles all round the front.
"Oh! what a funny cap!" said Rob. "That must be the little boy's mother."
"No," said Nelly, "I don't think so. I think that's the nurse. Mamma said there was a nurse."
"Oh, yes!" said Rob; "she must be the nurse."
The nurse stood looking, just as the man had, up and down the valley. Nobody could see that beautiful view without wanting to stand still and look at it.
"She's looking at Pike now," said Nelly. "I wonder if she ever saw such a mountain before."
The woman stood a long time without moving: then she turned and walked slowly back to the tent. As she walked she kept looking back over her shoulder at the mountains.