He doubted if it was altogether exertion that had brought the blood to her skin and given her eyes the keen sparkle.
Clinging to the rock, with the shadowy gulf below, she looked strangely alert and virile.

Her figure cut against the sky; he noted its slenderness and finely-drawn lines.

She was not angry, although he had admitted he pushed down the stone, but he felt as if something divided them and doubted if he could remove the obstacle.
"I wanted to talk and had found I could not get near you unless the others were about," he said.

"It looked as if I had unconsciously given you some grounds for standing me off.

Well, I suppose I did put your relations on your track." "It wasn't that," said Barbara.