When Bell thought about it, and the colliery company's bills came in, he felt disturbed, but he was stubborn and would not lower his price yet.
At length the rain stopped, and after a heavy fall of snow keen frost began.

The white fells glittered in cold sunshine that only touched the bottom of the dale for an hour or two.

The ice on the tarn was covered, so that skating was impossible, and Thorn, feeling the need for amusement, had a few sledges made.

He had learned something about winter sports in Switzerland, and one afternoon stood with a party of young men and women at the top of Malton Head.

They had practised with a pair of skis farther down the hill, where one or two were sliding on a small Swiss luge, but Thorn wanted to find a long run for his Canadian-pattern toboggan.
Grace stood near him; her face touched with warm color and her eyes sparkling as she looked about.