And yet here was Matthew Cuthbert, at half-past three on the afternoon of a busy day, placidly driving over the hollow and up the hill; moreover, he wore a white collar and his best suit of clothes, which was plain proof that he was going out of Avonlea; and he had the buggy and the sorrel mare, which betokened that he was going a considerable distance.
Off to the left a sudden curve in the track hid it from view, but over the tree-tops beyond, the long plume of smoke betokened the approach of a through train.
Well, no doubt, it betokened the nearness of the end.
"I knew it betokened some misfortune.
The Eagle's Nest FROM the mountain-path came a joyous sound of some person whistling, and it betokened good humor and undaunted courage.
