Kenneth wondered where she was going. He caught up his cap and ran after her, to ask how her mother was, and how she had borne the sad tidings he had brought her.
Marjorie heard him coming behind her, and turned round in the greatest surprise.
"Captain Fortescue, I thought you had gone!"
"No, Miss Douglas; I'm the bad penny, as well as the bird of ill omen," he said. "The fact is, there is a snowdrift in the valley, so I have to stay here till to-morrow."
"How tiresome for you!"
"Yes, it is rather; but I shall see a little more of the country—it looks beautiful this morning. Where are you going, Miss Douglas? Let me carry your basket for you."
"Not until you get your coat," she said. "It's far too cold to stand talking without it."
He ran back for it, and soon rejoined her.
"I am going to Seatoller," she said.
"Who is Toller?"