The Innocents Chapter 13

In which the Applebys, newly styled as Mrs. and Mr. Smith, tentatively begin their adventurous tramp through the winter countryside, encountering kindness, suspicion, and the rigours of the open road. Their resolve and mutual tenderness are tested by cold and weariness, yet even amidst hardship they find moments of warmth and quiet companionship beneath the vast, indifferent sky.