The footpath climbed towards the craggy skyline.
Looking instinctively from the open window - for it was summer-time - the minister beheld Hester Prynne and little Pearl passing along the footpath that traversed the enclosure.
They turned right out of Bells Lane onto Southport Road, idling their way alongthe footpath that was separated from the roadway by a grass verge about sixfeet wide.
