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"Why, to be sure, ma'am," interposed Mr Widger, "we never reckoned as 'twould be so bad as all this. . . . Young Bill Crago came to us with word as how these these two gentlemen had made a match, and he asked us to do the judgin' same as for the classes 'pon the bills " "And so you started them? And then, I suppose, you couldn't stop for laughin'?"
"What is it, Bill Crago?" for they read in his excited gestures that he had real news. "The fun o' the fair, boys! Two ships'-cap'ns offering to plough for a pound a side if you ever!" "Drunk!" suggested somebody. "What's the odds if they be? 'Twill be all the better fun," answered Mr Crago. "No far's one can tell they're dead sober. Come along and listen " He hurried back and they after him.
The competitors in Class D were left to plough lonely furrows and finish them unapplauded. Young Mr Crago had run off meantime to secure the services of the two judges. She had almost reached the small gate when she spied Dinah hurrying down the steep path to the highroad, and halted. Dinah, coming up, excused herself between catches of breath.
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