I was just going down the fields for the first time this year." He felt she would like him to come.

That soothed him.

They went, talking simply, he gentle and humble.

He could have wept with gratitude that she was deferential to him.

He was feeling humiliated.
At the bottom of the Mow Close they found a thrush's nest.
"Shall I show you the eggs ?" he said.
"Do!" replied Mrs.Leivers.