It is the law.' He spoke not so much dispiritedly, but rather as though he was teaching himself a lesson which he must needs surely get by heart.

He lifted the reins and drove down the hill, past the factory and along the valley to the gates of Garples.

There he stopped the trap again.

For a moment Clarice fancied that the gates must be shut, but as she bent forward and looked across Drake, she saw that they were open.

She turned her eyes to her companion.