Then she stepped to the side of the prostrate figure and said, 'Job! Captain Job! your secret is now mine.'
Thereupon she turned to leave the house and run towards Bindon to summon aid.
CHAPTER XVII
J. H.
At the same moment, as Jane was on the threshold and about to shut the door behind her, Winefred appeared, but Winefred so covered with soil, so be-chalked, as to be hardly recognisable. Yet Jane knew her at once.
In the conflict of emotion in her heart the shock was too great. She reeled and caught the doorposts, and stood speechless, her mouth open—staring.
'Mother! have you missed me?'
Jane was unable to answer. She gasped for breath.
Behind Winefred was a young man.