51/52 As a strict Unitarian, Mrs.Cheyne could not sympathise with the creed, but she ended by respecting the brown, voluble little man. "I have now ver' good absolutions for six months"; and he strolled forth to get a handkerchief for the girl of the hour and to break the hearts of all the others. It was better to visit inland relatives till the coast was clear. "Never you be adopted by rich folk, Penn," he said in the cars, "or I'll take 'n' break this checker-board over your head. |