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There was no doubt that they had been i no wish to provoke sirand at Welland Bottom, to

enter the homestead by the outhouse Here he deposited the cap and coat

in secure hiding, afterwards going round to the front and opening the

door in the usual way

In the entry he ht, Mr Swithin! The work-folk have dropped in to tell us!' In the kitchen were the men who had outstripped hi the usual knotty irregularities, had a

smoothed-out expression of blank concern Swithin's entrance was

unobtrusive and quiet, as if he had merely come down fro their gaze, so as to

include him in the audience

'We was in a deep talk at the ht up that story about old Jereht at one o'clock in the

that it seen land; e happened to look up, and

there was Sir Blount a-walking along' 'Did it overtake you, or did you overtake it?' whispered Hannah