On this occasion the Cure arrived when Jo was out in the woods.

He discovered Charley.

Charley made no answer to his astonished and friendly greeting, but watched him with a wide-eyed anxiety till the Cure seated himself at the door to await Jo's coming.

Presently, as he sat there, Charley, who had studied his face as a child studies the unfamiliar face of a stranger, brought him a bowl of bread and milk and put it in his hands.
The Cure smiled and thanked him, and Charley smiled in return and said: "It is very good." As the Cure ate, Charley watched him with satisfaction, and nodded at him kindly.
When Jo came he lied to the Cure.

He said he had found Charley wandering in the woods, with a wound in his head, and had brought him home with him and cared for him.