Knight was not in a talkative mood that morning.
Elfride was rather wilful, by reason of his inattention, which she privately set down to his thinking her not worth talking to.

Whilst Knight stood watching the rise of the cloud, she sauntered to the other side of the tower, and there remembered a giddy feat she had performed the year before.

It was to walk round upon the parapet of the tower--which was quite without battlement or pinnacle, and presented a smooth flat surface about two feet wide, forming a pathway on all the four sides.

Without reflecting in the least upon what she was doing she now stepped upon the parapet in the old way, and began walking along.
'We are down, cousin Henry,' cried Mrs.Swancourt up the turret.

'Follow us when you like.' Knight turned and saw Elfride beginning her elevated promenade.