Scrubb still had her by the hand and they were walking forward， staring about them on every side. Jill saw that huge trees， rather like cedars but bigger， grew in every direction. But as they did not grow close together， and as there was no under.growth， this did not prevent one from seeing a long way into the forest to left and right. And as far as Jill‘s eye could reach， it was all the same.level turf， darting birds with yellow， or dragonfly blue， or rainbow plumage， blue shadows， and emptiness. There was not a breath of wind in that cool， bright air. It was a very lonely forest.
Right ahead there were no trees： only blue sky. They went straight on without speaking till suddenly Jill heard Scrubb say， “Look out！” and felt herself jerked back. They were at the very edge of a cliff.
Jill was one of those lucky people who have a good head for heights. She didn’t mind in the least standing on the edge of a precipice. She was rather annoyed with Scrubb for pulling her back. “just as if I was a kid”， she said.and she wrenched her hand out of his. When she saw how very white he had turned， she despised him.
