5/29 But, in fact, he did not object to her as strongly as he had at first. Then, also, she was more civil than she had been. He did not know that when she first saw him she spoke to him as she would have spoken to a native, and had not known that a cross, sturdy old Yorkshire man was not accustomed to salaam to his masters, and be merely commanded by them to do things. "I never knows when I shall see thee or which side tha'll come from." "He's friends with me now," said Mary. "Makin' up to th' women folk just for vanity an' flightiness. |