And now that James sat down with a determination to look for offences he found plenty.

Christine was sewing, and Donald sat beside her winding and unwinding her threads, playing with her housewife, or teasingly hiding her scissors.

Christine, half pleased and half annoyed, gradually fell into Donald's mood, and her still face dimpled into smiles.

James very quickly decided that Donald presumed in a very offensive manner on his relationship to Christine.
A little after nine o'clock David, having closed his shop, joined them in the parlor.

He immediately began to question James about the loss of the "Bonnie Bess," and from that subject they drifted easily into others of a local business interest.