Nelly added her smiles to his.

Then, with a pleasant nod, Miss Martin left them, refusing all their offers to help her with her load.

'"My strength is as the strength of ten,"' she said with a flash of fun in her eyes--'But I won't go on with the quotation.

Good-bye.' George and Nelly went on towards a spot above a wood in front of them to which she had directed them, as a good point to rest and lunch.

She, meanwhile, pursued her way towards Ambleside, her thoughts much more occupied with the young couple than with her lost companion.