“Hallo! Up with the lark!”

“Let’s go down to the Wilderness.”

“Come along, Queen Mab.”

“I’ve only got to put my frock on.”

“You’re just the very thing I want.”


CHAPTER XXI

THE WOMAN’S EYES IN THE EYES OF A CHILD

Lynette asked her father to tell her a story. They were walking through the wet bracken on the edge of the larch wood, Canterton holding the child’s hand.

“Presently, little Beech Leaf. A good fairy is talking to me, and I must listen.”