You must climb up by it, hand over hand." It was not so easy a task for the young artist as for a Gethin man; but he was strong and active; and where his chief difficulty lay, which was at the clifftop, the girl's willing arms assisted him.
"You have saved my life, Harry," were his first words, when he stood in safety.

"How shall I ever repay you ?" Then this brave girl, who had never faltered where action was necessary, began to sob and cry.
He took her hand and covered it with kisses.

"I may kiss this," said he, plaintively, "may I not ?" She did not withdraw her fingers, but neither did she cease from weeping.

Her grief seemed to be something more than that resulting from the tension of strong feelings suddenly relaxed.
"Let me go home, let me go home!" was her sole reply to all his entreaties that she should rest a while, and strive to calm herself.

It was with difficulty that he could support her down the steep, so violently did she tremble.