"Is it quite right, sir," she modestly objected, "for such as me to shake hands with such as you ?" She did it nevertheless; and dropping my hand, cast a farewell look at the mysterious object of her interest--the new cottage.

Her variable humor changed on the instant.

Apparently in a state of unendurable irritation, she stamped on the ground.

"Just what I didn't want to happen!" she said to herself..