"By all the gods! a new doublet! She is skillful with her needle, then ?" "She may be," I answered.

"Having never seen her with one, I am no judge.

The doublet was made by the tailor at Flowerdieu Hundred." By this we had reached the level sward at the top of the bank.

"Roses!" he exclaimed,--"a long row of them new planted! An arbor, too, and a seat beneath the big walnut! Since when hast thou turned gardner, Ralph ?" "It's Diccon's doing.

He is anxious to please his mistress." "Who neither sews, nor cooks, nor plants! What does she do ?" "She pulls the roses," I said.