It took him some minutes to consider under what class of freight to reckon this, but he decided not to weigh it.

Saul looked at the room, the ham and tea, and at Trenholme, with quiet curiosity in his beady eyes.

Outside, the oxen hung their heads and dozed again.
"You see," said Saul, "I'll get there myself with the potash to-morrow night; then I can arrange with the minister." He had so much difficulty in producing the requisite number of coins for the carriage that it was evident the potash could not be sent by train too; but Trenholme was familiar now with the mode of life that could give time of man and beast so easily, and find such difficulty in producing a little money of far less value.

He did remark that, as the cart was to complete the journey, the coffin might as well travel the second day as it had done the first; but, Saul showed reluctance to hear this expostulation, and certainly it was not the station-master's business to insist.

The whole discussion did not take long.