Van Brunt's, but it must be above here; I must
have missed it, though I have been on the watch constantly."
She looked up and down. It would have been a sharp eye indeed
that had detected any slight opening in the woods on either
side of the path, which the driving snow-storm blended into
one continuous wall of trees. They could be seen stretching
darkly before and behind them; but more than that — where they
stood near together, and where scattered apart, was all
confusion, through the fast-falling shower of flakes.
"In a few minutes he came in sight."
"Shall we go back and look for the path?" said Ellen.
"I am afraid we shouldn't find it if we did," said Alice; "we
should only lose our time, and we have none to lose. I think
we had better go straight forward."
"Is it much further this way than the other path we have
missed?"
"A good deal — all of half a mile. I am sorry; but courage, my
child! we shall know better than to go out in snowy weather
next time — on long expeditions, at least."
They had to shout to make each other hear; so drove the snow
and wind through the trees, and into their very faces and
ears. They plodded on. It was plodding; the snow lay thick
enough now to make their footing uneasy, and grew deeper every
moment; their shoes were full; their feet and ankles were wet;
and their steps began to drag heavily over the ground.
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