We heared tell as he'd sold his own land to come and take the Warrens, and that seemed odd for a man as had land of his own, to come and rent a farm in a strange place.

But they said it was along of his wife's dying; though there's reasons in things as nobody knows on--that's pretty much what I've made out; yet some folks are so wise, they'll find you fifty reasons straight off, and all the while the real reason's winking at 'em in the corner, and they niver see't.

Howsomever, it was soon seen as we'd got a new parish'ner as know'd the rights and customs o' things, and kep a good house, and was well looked on by everybody.

And the young man--that's the Mr.Lammeter as now is, for he'd niver a sister--soon begun to court Miss Osgood, that's the sister o' the Mr.Osgood as now is, and a fine handsome lass she was--eh, you can't think--they pretend this young lass is like her, but that's the way wi' people as don't know what come before 'em.

_I_ should know, for I helped the old rector, Mr.Drumlow as was, I helped him marry 'em." Here Mr.Macey paused; he always gave his narrative in instalments, expecting to be questioned according to precedent.
"Aye, and a partic'lar thing happened, didn't it, Mr.Macey, so as you were likely to remember that marriage ?" said the landlord, in a congratulatory tone.
"I should think there did--a _very_ partic'lar thing," said Mr.Macey, nodding sideways.