Not that she could ever hope to compete with Lady Barbara's beauty.

Lady Barbara thought as much herself; but she thought quickly, for the emergency was critical.

Lady Barbara drew a small knife from one of her pockets and opened the blade.

"You must have been walking with someone else," snapped Lady Barbara.

Lady Barbara looked at her companion for a long minute; then she sighed.

"They look like something to eat, to me," said Lady Barbara.

Lady Barbara was the first to regain her power of speech.

"Perhaps we shall find a place near the lake," said Lady Barbara.

"It will make a light in the little hole," said Lady Barbara.

"There is another very noticeable thing about them," said Lady Barbara.