“Ah, I can guess what’s drawed her theere.”
The girl took the lantern from his cramped hand and, side by side, her arm linked with his, they made their way towards the cottage. Two minutes later the clatter of hoofs behind them made her look round. “Someone’s comin’ down the Forest Cairn, granfer.”
“Iss, me dear, ’tes Dobbin’s step thee canst hear. Now run home along whilst I have a word with the doctor.”
The Earthstopper on Trengwainton Cairn. [Face page 12.
The girl was barely a stone’s throw away when the doctor cantered up to where the Earthstopper awaited him.
“Mornin’, Andrew, another touch of rheumatism?”