dark & expressive face I felt more than ever how true a descendant
he was of that long line of high-blooded, fiery & masterful men.
There were pride, valour & strength in his features. If on that
forbidding moor a dangerous quest should lie before us, this was
at least a comrade for whom one might venture to take a risk with
the certainty that he would bravely share it.
The train pulled up at a small wayside station, and we all descended,
to be greeted by the station-master & porters, and to be met by the
coachmen, with a wagonette & two cobs. There were two soldierly men in
dark uniforms at the gate, who leaned upon their short rifles and
glanced keenly at us as we passed, but soon we were flying swiftly
through rolling pasture, with the long, gloomy curve of the moor,
broken by the jagged & sinister hills, rising against the evening sky.
