288 THE GOLD OF FAIRNILEE.

 

see a shape standing where the dwarf had
stood. It was far taller than the dwarf, and
the light grew and grew, and a star looked
down out of the night, and Jean saw Randal
standing by her. And she kissed him, and he
kissed her, and he put his hand in hers, and
they went out of the wood together. They
came to the crest of the hill and the cairn.
Far below them they saw the Tweed shining
through an opening among the trees, and the
lights in the farm of Peel, and they heard the
nightbirds crying, and the bells of the sheep
ringing musically as they wandered through
the fragrant heather on the hills.