They had not gone far when suddenly, violently, down came the rain, and Claud hurriedly covering the girl in his mackintosh, they all took to their heels, and ran to the friendly shelter of the house.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Walked up and down, and still walked up and down,
And I walked after, and one could not hear
A word the other said, for wind and sea
That raged and beat and thundered in the night.
Brothers and a Sermon.
The door was flung wide open by Jane Gollop, who had been anxiously on the alert.
"Miss Elaine! Well, to be sure! It's a good thing, that it is, as you happened to meet Mr. Fowler! Why—you ain't got wet, not hardly a drop, more you 'ave. But where's Master Godfrey?"
"I don't know," said Elsa, shortly.
"You don't know," said Jane, in accents of astonishment. "Why, where did you leave him?"