The girls, with shaking knees, got up and hurried towards the lane where they had left Miss Strong.
"You've saved my life, Ingred!" gasped Bess, as they went along.
"No, I haven't!" choked Ingred.

"At least, it was my fault you ever went into the field at all.

Miss Strong told me to tell you the horse was savage, and you were such a long way off picking cowslips that I didn't trouble to go after you.

I trusted to Verity telling you." "Verity ran the other way with Kitty." "I know.

Well, at any rate, it was my fault and I'm ready to take the blame.