They had never been in the habit of driving into private grounds for the sake of seeing what might be there to see, and Mrs.Drane sharply ordered the driver to stop.
"What do you mean," said she, "by bringing us in here ?" "Oh, that's nuthin'," said Andy, with a genial grin; "they won't mind your comin' in to look at the barn.

I've druv lots of people in here to look at that barn, though, to be sure, not since these young people has been livin' here, but they won't mind it an eighth of an inch." "I shall get out and apologize," said Mrs.Drane, "for this shameful intrusion, and then you must drive us out of the grounds immediately.

We do not wish to stop to look at anything," and with this she stepped from the little phaeton and walked back to the piazza.
Stopping at the bottom of the steps, she saluted the brother and sister, whose faces showed that they were in need of some sort of explanation of her arrival at their domestic threshold.
In a few words she explained how the carriage had happened to enter the grounds, and hoped that they would consider that the impropriety was due entirely to the driver, and not to any desire on their part to intrude themselves on private property for the sake of sight-seeing.

Ralph and Miriam were both pleased with the words and manner of this exceedingly pleasant-looking lady.
"I beg that you will not consider at all that you have intruded," said Ralph.

"If there is anything on our place that you would care to look at, I hope that you will do so." "It was only the barn," said Mrs.Drane, with a smile.