"I wouldn't talk much about the like, if I was you, miss." But Grace persisted, and, at last, extracted from her that sounds had repeatedly been heard in the air at night, as of a pack of hounds in full cry, and that these hounds ran before trouble.

"But," said Jael, solemnly, "they are not hounds at all; they are the souls of unbaptized children, wandering in the air till the day of judgment." This description, however probable, had the effect of making Grace disbelieve the phenomenon altogether, and she showed her incredulity by humming a little air.
But Jael soon stopped that.

"Oh, miss, pray don't do so.

If you sing before breakfast, you'll cry before supper." At breakfast, Mr.Coventry invited Miss Carden to go to the top of Cairnhope Peak, and look over four counties.

He also told her she could see Bollinghope house, his own place, very well from the Peak.
Grace assented: and, immediately after breakfast, begged Jael to be in the way to accompany her.