He was half afraid of her, but not because he thought she sympathized with her father's plots; it was known that Bell and his daughter quarreled.

The girl was a dangerous coquette and had tactfully hinted that she rather approved Kit.
This had alarmed Kit, who knew she was clever and resolute.
When he reached the lane he stopped abruptly as he remembered something, and took out his pipe, although he did not mean to smoke.

He must be cautious, since he was not sure if Janet had gone in.

Striking a match, he held it between his hands as if he were going to light his pipe and stooped in the shelter of a wall.
The light shone on the ground and he knitted his brows as he saw sharp footsteps in the snow.

The farm people did not wear boots that would leave marks like these; moreover, the footsteps would lead anybody who thought it worth while to follow them to the spot where the sledge upset.
Kit threw down the match, and frowned as he went on again..