Jane called several times.

Then she jumped clear off the ground at the sound of a voice behind her.
"Jane McCarthy! What are you doing here ?" "Harriet!" "Yes, it's I.But what on earth have you been doing ?" "Di--did you see the man ?" gasped Jane.
"Wait a moment.

I don't understand you.

What is it about a man ?" "I--I was in the tree there when the boys came back.

I heard them coming and climbed the tree to hide." "I was doing the same thing." "I--I fell out of the tree--" "Gracious! They didn't discover you, did they?
I heard them shouting and running, and wondered what they had discovered." "No.