But the fear of discovery was immediate, and must be guarded against without delay.

As well as she could, she tidied herself and began to walk slowly back to the house, hoping to gain her own room unnoticed.

That her general intelligence was awake was shown by the fact that before she left the grove she remembered that she had forgotten her sunshade.

She went back and searched till she had found it.
Gaining her room without meeting any one, she at once change her dress, fearing that some soil or wrinkle might betray her.

Resolutely she put back from her mind all consideration of the past; there would be time for that later on.