So, in spite of his dumb resistance, she lingered on, questioning and suggesting.

As to the advertisement she had brought down, he put it aside almost without looking at it.

"There ud be a hun'erd men after it before ever he could get there," was all he would say to it.

Then she inquired if he had been to ask the steward of the Maxwell Court estate for work.

He did not answer, but Mrs.Hurd said timidly that she heard tell a new drive was to be made that winter for the sake of giving employment.