But the girl was shrewd, and had seen a great deal of life this last three years; she liked Richard in her way, but she saw he was all self, and she would not trust him.

"Nay," said she, "I'll not break with Rhoda for any young man in Britain.

If I leave service she will never own me at all: she is as hard as iron." "Well, but you might come and take service near me, and then we could often get a word together." "Oh, I'm agreeable to that: you find me a good place.

I like an inn best; one sees fresh faces." Bassett promised to manage that for her.

On reaching home he found a conciliatory letter from Wheeler, coupled with his permission to tax the bill according to his own notion of justice.