Young Donnington spoke to her about them, and that drew my attention to her feet as we came out of the gate.

She even tripped when we were just past the bridge.

Do you remember that ?" "No, I didn't notice her at all." "Well, tell me exactly what happened just before she fell over the edge of the embankment ?" "I don't know that there's very much to tell." Varick was now staring into the fire, but at last he began in a strained, tired voice: "Donnington had just shouted out that we were walking rather too near to the edge, and so I took hold of her arm.

But you know what Bubbles is like?
She's a queer kind of girl, and she tried to wrench herself free.
Then I gripped a little harder and--well, I don't know exactly what did happen! I suppose her foot turned, for I suddenly felt her weight full on me, and then, and then--" "Yes," said Dr.Panton soothingly, "I know exactly what happened.

You instinctively straightened yourself to try to put her on her feet again, but she'd already lost her balance--" "I suppose that's what did happen," said Varick in a low voice.
"-- And her foot turning again, she rolled down the steep embankment," concluded the doctor firmly.