15/29 "Missus won't leave him a penny." "She'll leave it to Miss Juliet Saxon, which is just the same. I never did see brother and sister so fond of one another as those two. I believe she'd put the 'air of 'er head--and lovely 'air it is, too--under his blessed feet to show him she loves him." "She'd do the same by Mr.Mallow," said Geraldine, tittering. "Who is the old lady who comes here ?" "Oh, she's Mrs.Herne," said the cook. "A cross, 'aughty old thing, who fights always. |