Miss Jane, after she came, made him the head gardener, and he's proved a rare good one, too.

But James he won't even talk to Miss Jane, nor even to his old friend Lawyer Watson, who used to be Master Tom's special chum an' comrade.

He does his duty, and obeys all Miss Jane's orders as faithful as can be; but he won't talk, an' we've all give up tryin' to make him." "But why should I frighten him ?" asked the girl.
"You tried to make him talk, and you're a stranger.

Strangers always affect James that way.

I remember when Miss Jane first came to Elmhurst he screamed at the sight of her; but when he found out that Master Tom loved her and had given her Elmhurst, James followed her around like a dog, and did everything she told him to.