With a nod and a broad smile he left them, and pursued his homeward way, pausing ever and anon to look backwards at the two lithe young figures which moved slowly along above the dark irregular line of hedge—the bent heads, very close together, outlined against the lambent evening sky. Once, after one of these backward glances, he began to chuckle. ‘They’ve a-took to the notion nicely,’ he said. ‘’Ees, I reckon they’ll do!’ * * * * * THE END