“Do not deprive me of the little I have got,” he said, “and do trust me. I shall do nothing further without your full knowledge and approval.”
And again, as at that moment a summons from others of the party interrupted them, Frances felt a touch of perplexity.
Chapter Sixteen.
“I Don’t Quite Remember.”
The summons had come from one of the younger girls, for they had reached a point on the road to Scaling Harbour at which there was a question of two ways thither.
“Shall we take the sea-road?” said Eira, “or the higher one?”
Frances hesitated and glanced at Horace.
“Which do you think gives the best view, the most picturesque to newcomers?” she asked.