He had ridden through the gap a score of times, and knew that at the further side of the second meadow they would come upon the high road.

The fields were certainly much better for his purpose than the road.

"Don't you think, Mary, you could say a kind word to me ?" "I never said anything unkind." "You can't think ill of me for loving you better than all the world." "I don't think ill of you at all.

I think very well of you." "That's kind." "So I do.

How can I help thinking well of you, when I've never heard anything but good of you ?" "Then why shouldn't you say at once that you'll have me, and make me the happiest man in all the county ?" "Because--" "Well!" "I told you before, Mr.Twentyman, and that ought to have been enough.