8/18 And pray what had he to tell ?" "Well, you know, he delivers bread at the Meadowsweets." "I neither know nor care." "And at the Manor. He takes bread every day to the Manor, Martha." "H--m--only his seconds, I should say. Well, this is all very interesting, but I can't see what it has to say to two people being in a boat on the harbor." "Oh, Martha, you see the baker must know, and he told me for a positive fact. They're engaged." "What! Has Hunt made it up with Gracie Jones? He has been hanging after her long enough." "Oh, sister, I am not alluding to anything plebeian." "Well, my dear Maria, I'd be glad to know once for all to what you are alluding, for, to be frank with you, I think your brain is going fast." "It's Bee," said Miss Maria. |