Redbud wrapped the string around her hand, and Ralph let it go.
"How do you like it!" he said.
"Oh!" cried Redbud, "it is so strong!--there must be a great wind in
the clouds!--Oh!" added the girl, laughing, "it is cutting my hand in
two!"
And she caught the string with her left hand to relieve the afflicted
member.
"Give it to me!" cried Fanny.
"Yes, give it to her; she has the arm of an Amazon," said Ralph,
enthusiastically.
"Humph!"
And having entered this, her standing protest, Fanny laughed, and
unwound the string from Redbud's hand, on whose white surface two
crimson circles were visible.
"I can hold it!" cried the young girl, "easily!"
And to display her indifference, Fanny knelt on one knee to pick up
her gloves.
The consequence of this movement was, that the heavy kite, struck,
doubtless, at the moment by a gust of wind, jerked the lady with the
Amazonian arm so violently, that, unable to retain her position, she
fell upon her left hand, then upon her face, and was dragged a pace or
two by the heavy weight.
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