But for the moment, Fate has levelled the barriers.

Just let it go at that.

And now, if you can stay here, all right; perhaps I can hike back to the next house, below here, and telephone, and summon help." "How far is it ?" she asked, looking at him with wonder in her lovely eyes--wonder, and new thoughts, and a strange kind of longing to know more of this extraordinary man, so strong, so gentle, so unwilling to divulge himself or ask her name.
"How far ?" he repeated.

"Oh, four or five miles.

I can make it in no time.