and we two stealing out at the other, hand in hand, and bent quite double, into the long neglected grass.
“Can you run for it?” I whispered.
“Yes, but not too fast, for fear we trip.’
“Come on, then! “
The lighted open doorway grew greater at every stride.
“He hasn’t seen us yet - “
“No, I hear him threatening me still.”
“Now he has, though! “
A wild whoop proclaimed the fact, and upright we tore at top speed through the last ten yards of grass,
and we two stealing out at the other, hand in hand, and bent quite double, into the long neglected grass.
“Can you run for it?” I whispered.
“Yes, but not too fast, for fear we trip.’
“Come on, then! “
The lighted open doorway grew greater at every stride.
“He hasn’t seen us yet - “
“No, I hear him threatening me still.”
“Now he has, though! “
A wild whoop proclaimed the fact, and upright we tore at top speed through the last ten yards of grass,
