She is no weight to speak of." Very gently, Surajah put his arms under the sleeping girl, and lifted her.
"That is right," Dick said, as he placed her on the blankets before him, and held her with his right arm, with her head against his shoulder.

"She is dead asleep." The blankets were strapped on to the horses again, the others mounted, and they started, at a walk, out of the wood.

As soon as they were on the road, the horses broke into a canter again.

Annie moaned uneasily, but did not open her eyes.

Dick drew her still more closely to him.
"She will do now, Surajah," he said, in a low voice.