In a week the rector's school would shut them up for half of the day of sunlit snow.

Meanwhile, John wondered with interest every morning where next those thin active young legs would lead him.
The dogs he soon took to, when Leila's whistle called them,--a wild troop, never allowed beyond the porch or in the house.

For some occult reason Mrs.Ann disliked dogs and liked cats, which roamed the house at will and were at deadly feud with the stable canines.

No rough weather ever disturbed Leila's out-of-door habits, but when for two days a lazy rain fell and froze on the snow, John declared that he could not venture to get wet with his tendency to tonsilitis.

As Leila refused indoor society and he did not like to be left alone, he missed the gay and gallant little lady, and still no one questioned him.