He cast a glance at the woods that bordered the road on either side. “That weird forest—I shall never forget it.”

“No; it was something to remember,” she said.

“And the blueberry patch? We mustn't forget the blueberry patch.”

“There were a great many blueberries.”

She walked on, and he said, “And that bridge—you don't have that feeling of having been here before?”

“No.”

“Am I walking too fast for you, Miss Pasmer?”

“No; I like to walk fast.”

“But wouldn't you like to sit down? On this wayside log, for example?” He pointed it out with his stick. “It seems to invite repose, and I know you must be tired.”

“I'm not tired.”