Is there time to walk up this headland and back before dark ?" The shadows were lying lengthened on the ground; all was stillness and peace.

"No," said Renouard, feeling suddenly as steady as a rock.

"But I can show you a view from the central hill which your father has not seen.

A view of reefs and of broken water without end, and of great wheeling clouds of sea-birds." She came down the verandah steps at once and they moved off.

"You go first," he proposed, "and I'll direct you.