4/12 She walked slowly on account of the hill, gasping for air, the weekly load of meat and groceries clutched in her powerful arms. He felt a sudden kinship for this huge, ungainly woman. He wanted to run and meet her, and claim the sweet, straight-limbed child that he had just discovered. Chook, standing at his elbow, like the devil in the old prints, was watching him curiously. "Wot'll I tell the blokes ?" Jonah was silent for a moment, with a sombre look in his eyes. |