I interrupted father to ask where she might be. He looked at me, startled, and then glanced all about him in confusion. “She was here just now presently. She woke, and was making a fret, so I told Makepeace to set her down here, by me. . . .” Caleb and Makepeace were already on their feet, followed by Joel. Makepeace did as I had already done, and searched round and about him. We all of us moved in confusion, increasingly frantic, calling her name. But Caleb went straight as an arrow to the place, covering the short way in a few long strides. She was facedown in the shallow hole, not yet three
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