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until she came to a wayside house Quaker folk lived there; and they asked

her no question, but with kind words gave her of what they had, and let

her rest and groarm in the sunshine upon their doorstep She thanked

the, rose and

went her way Upon the second day she kept to the road It was loss of

ti thicket and ain to return to the beaten track She thought, also, that she must be

safe, so far was she now froone to the mountains?

AboutOne spoke to

the other, and turning their horses they put after and overtook her He

who had spoken touched her with the butt of his whip "Ecod!" he

exclaiuinea last May Day at

Jaht o' heels?"

A wild leap of her heart, a singing in her ears, and Audrey clutched at

safety

"I be Joan, the suinea I niver saw a guinea I be going an errand for feyther"