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visiblebeneath,withthelittlestreamwindingitsway
throughthesoftswardamongscatteredtrees.Two
orthreecowswerepeacefullygrazingthere,andatthe
samepointaconverginghollowmadeitswayintothe
glenattheirright,andthroughthisalsospreadthe
forest,underwhoseshadowtheyhadalreadybeen
drivingformorethantwomiles.
Intothis,fromthemainroad,divergedaruder
track,witharathersteepascent.Thisby-roadleads
uptotheGrange,ratherastiffpull.Thedriverhad
todismountandleadhishorses,andonceortwice
expresseddoubtsastowhethertheycouldpulltheir
burdenupthehill.
AliceMaybell,however,offerednottogetout.She
wasnervous,andlikeafrightenedchildwhogetsits
bed-clothesaboutitshead,theinstinctofconcealment
prevailed,andshetrembledlestsomeotherinquirer
shouldcrossherwaylesseasilysatisfiedthanthefirst.
Theysoonreachedalevelplatform,underthedeep
shadowofhugeoldtrees,nearlymeetingoverhead.
Thehoarsecawingofarookerycamemellowed
byshortdistanceontheair.Forallelse,theplacewas
silenceitself.
Themancametothedoorofthecarriagetotellhis
“fare”thattheyhadreachedtheGrange.
“Staywhereyouare,Dulcibella,Ishan’tbeaway
manyminutes,”saidtheyounglady,lookingpale,
asifshewasgoingtoexecution.
“Iwill,MissAlice;butyoumustgetabittoeat,dear,
you’rehungry,Iknowbyyourlooks;getabitofbread
andbutter.”
“Yes,yes,Dulcie,”saidtheyounglady,nothaving
heardasyllableofthislittlespeech,aslooking
curiouslyattheoldplace,underwhosewallstheyhad
arrived,shedescendedfromthechaise.
Undertheleafydarknessstoodtwotime-stained
piersofstone,withawicketopeninthegate.Through
thisshepeepedintoapavedyard,allgrass-grown,and
surroundedbyahighwall,withafinemantleofivy,
