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III. A Girl on Horseback—Conversation

           Thewindcameinatthebottomofthedoor,andtopreventitOaklaidasackthereandwheeledthecotroundalittlemoretothesouth.Thenthewindspoutedinataventilatinghole—ofwhichtherewasoneoneachsideofthehut.

           Gabrielhadalwaysknownthatwhenthefirewaslightedandthedoorclosedoneofthesemustbekeptopen—thatchosenbeingalwaysonthesideawayfromthewind.Closingtheslidetowindward,heturnedtoopentheother;onsecondthoughtsthefarmerconsideredthathewouldfirstsitdownleavingbothclosedforaminuteortwo,tillthetemperatureofthehutwasalittleraised.Hesatdown.

           Hisheadbegantoacheinanunwontedmanner,and,fancyinghimselfwearybyreasonofthebrokenrestsoftheprecedingnights,Oakdecidedtogetup,opentheslide,andthenallowhimselftofallasleep.Hefellasleep,however,withouthavingperformedthenecessarypreliminary.

           HowlongheremainedunconsciousGabrielneverknew.Duringthefirststagesofhisreturntoperceptionpeculiardeedsseemedtobeincourseofenactment.Hisdogwashowling,hisheadwasachingfearfully—somebodywaspullinghimabout,handswerelooseninghisneckerchief.

           Onopeninghiseyeshefoundthateveninghadsunktoduskinastrangemannerofunexpectedness.Theyounggirlwiththeremarkablypleasantlipsandwhiteteethwasbesidehim.Morethanthis—astonishinglymore—hisheadwasuponherlap,hisfaceandneckweredisagreeablywet,andherfingerswereunbuttoninghiscollar.

           "Whateveristhematter?"saidOak,vacantly.

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