'No, 'tis only to be seen on a clear bright night. I have seen it,
but Hob mocks at it. He thinks the only use of the Wain is to find
the North Star, up beyond there, pointing by the back of the Plough,
and go by it when you are lost.'

'What good would finding the North Star do? It would not have helped
me home if you had not found me!'

'Look here, Lady Anne! Which way does Greystone lie?'

'How should I tell?'

'Which way did the sun lie when you crossed the moor?'

Anne could not remember at first, but by-and-by recollected that it
dazzled her eyes just as she was looking for the runaway pony; and
Hal declared that it proved that the convent must have been to the
south of the spot of her fall; but his astronomy, though eagerly
demonstrated, was not likely to have brought her back to Greystone.
Still Doll was thankful for the safe subject, as he went on to mark
out what he promised that she should see in the winter--the swarm of
glow-worms, as he called the Pleiades; and 'Our Lady's Rock,' namely,
distaff, the northern name for Orion; and then he talked of the stars
that so perplexed him, namely, the planets, that never stayed in
their places.

By-and-by, when Mother Dolly's work was over the kettle was on the
fire, and she was able to take out her own spinning, she essayed to
fill up the time by telling them lengthily the old stories and