And first an' foremost Connolly's farm is away over yonder, two miles from Trimleston House in the opposite direction; you took the wrong road from the first." "Oh!" groaned Terry; "and must I go home straight with Jocko's knees broken, and without the eggs ?" "An' thankful you ought to be to get there," said the carter, "you an' the pony, without any bones broken.

But how do you think you're goin' to get home itself, now, missy ?" "You're the unkindest person I ever knew," said Terry.

"I didn't think there was so unkind a man in the world.

Everyone was always kind to me before." "It's my notion that they've been too kind to you, little missy.

However, not to be the unkindest in the world, I'll make a try to bring you home myself.