You're half frozen." Bryant endeavoured to discover from her face what he wished to know, but did not succeed.

So he asked: "Have you had your mail lately ?" "Not for three days.

The mail-man made one trip and then the next snow closed the road again to Kennard." Lee went off to stable Dick.

On his return he found Louise at the door still waiting, and she helped him to remove his overcoat and scarf when they passed in to the fire.

Then they pushed a divan forward and she bade him spread out his hands before the blaze.
"It wasn't so long ago that we agreed we mustn't see each other again, and here we are together," he stated, with a pretense of solemnity.