บทที่ บทที่ 22 · WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN

. WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN

When his head was out of sight Colin turned to Mary.

"Go and meet him," he said; and Mary flew across the grass to the door

under the ivy.

Dickon was watching him with sharp eyes. There were scarlet spots on his

cheeks and he looked amazing, but he showed no signs of falling.

"I can stand," he said, and his head was still held up and he said it

quite grandly.

"I told thee tha' could as soon as tha' stopped bein' afraid," answered

Dickon. "An' tha's stopped."

"Yes, I've stopped," said Colin.

Then suddenly he remembered something Mary had said.

"Are you making