You haven't heard where that fellow Boscobel has gone ?" "No; I haven't heard.

But he'll be over with some of those Brownbie lads.

They say Georgie Brownbie's about the country somewhere.

If so, there'll be a row among 'em." "When thieves fall out, Mr.Bates, honest men come by their own." "So they say, Mr.Heathcote.All the same, I shouldn't care how far Georgie was away from any place I had to do with." Then the young master and his old superintendent sauntered out to his back premises to talk about sheep and fires, and plans for putting out fires.

And no doubt Mr.Bates had the glass of brandy-and-water which he had come to regard as one of his Sunday luxuries.