"What's the matter with her?"
"Something wrong with her spine, I believe; she looks very ill sometimes. We shall soon be at Keswick now. What do you think of our Cumberland hills?"
"Beautiful!" said the Captain, as he looked out of the window. "Have you had much snow this winter?"
"Yes, a good deal. It's done nothing but rain or snow ever since I came down. Horrid nuisance, too!"
"I'm glad it's fine to-day," said the Captain.
"Yes, if it will only keep so. How are you going to get to Rosthwaite?"
"Are there coaches running there from Keswick?"
"Not in winter; there are plenty in summer."
"Then I must take a cab. How much do they charge?"
It was a new question for Captain Fortescue to have to ask.