15/20 They are in England.' 'Well, I can only hope you've left them in a respectable place.' 'I have not left them at all. They are here--within a few yards of us. I did not like to bring them indoors till I had seen you, mother, and broken the bad news a bit to you. They were very tired, and are resting out there on some straw.' Mrs.Hall's fortitude visibly broke down. She had been brought up not without refinement, and was even more moved by such a collapse of genteel aims as this than a substantial dairyman's widow would in ordinary have been moved. |