28/28 I reckon the place is yours; or your wife's." Then he turned to Charnock. "Are you coming over, Bob ?" "No," said Charnock, irresolutely, "I don't think I will." He lighted his pipe when Wilkinson started his team, and presently remarked: "On the whole, I'm glad you headed him off, because I might have gone. You mean well, Stephen, but that man doesn't like you, and I've sometimes thought he doesn't like Sadie." "It doesn't matter if he likes me or not," said Festing. "Let's get on with the mower.". |