If I don't get this part of the work done before the frost comes, it's going to cost me more.

It would mean using powder and making fires to thaw out the ground." Charnock agreed and went on.

He had been long enough over his errand and the foreman's tongue was sharp, but he mused about Festing as he picked his way across the pools between the ties.

Festing's object was to make money, and he imagined, perhaps foolishly, that he had urgent ground for doing so, but he meant to make a good job.

He felt his responsibility, and apart from this took a curious delight in doing things well.