"Sun and wind have done their parts too well for my being of much use." "Take me with you to see how they are getting on.

I am as fond of hay as Bottom in his translation." She had learned Godfrey's love of literature, and knew that one quotation may stand for much knowledge.
"I will, with pleasure," said Godfrey, perhaps a little consoled in the midst of his disappointment; and they walked away, neither taking notice of Letty.
"I did not know," she said to herself, "that the two houses had come together at last! What a handsome couple they make!" What passed between them is scarcely worthy of record.

It is enough to say that Sepia found her companion distrait, and he felt her a little invasive.

In a short while they came back together, and Sepia saw Letty under the great bough of the Durnmelling oak.

Godfrey handed her down the rent, careful himself not to invade Durnmelling with a single foot.
She ran home, and up to a certain window with her opera-glass.