Anne slept on as Judy went out and closed the door behind her.
"Why, Tommy," she said, trying to see him in the darkness, "how in the world did you get down here?"
"I have run away again," said Tommy, defiantly, "and I've come to you to help me, Judy."
"What!"
"You said you would help me, Judy. That's why I came."
"But—"
"Oh, don't try to get out of it," blazed Tommy, who was wet and tired and shivering, "you said you would. And if you back down now—well—" He left the sentence unfinished and his voice broke.
"When did I promise, Tommy?" asked poor Judy, in a dazed way.
"The day I came back to Fairfax."
It seemed like a dream to Judy, that day in the woods when she had first met the children of Fairfax,—Launcelot and Amelia and Nannie,—and she had entirely forgotten her reckless promise.