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And yet this would be a very big churchyard; and certainly there were cows and sheep in sight, and there were red and white and yellow flowers growing beside the line. So she said nothing, but thought that she would wait and find out things for herself. At Littlebourne station Mrs. Rowles and Juliet alighted.
When my sister came in last night to tell me how a young thing from Littlebourne had come to her house, having run away from home seemingly, I should never have seen my way to finding out the truth. But then women are quicker-witted than men, though they are not so steady-headed.
"Littlebourne way." The woman seemed to be thinking deeply. "Got a first-rate character, I suppose?" "Oh, well," said Juliet hastily, "I've not been in a regular situation, as the saying is, but helping a friend, you know." "It's a pity you've left her," said the woman. "What wages were you getting?" Juliet said, lamely enough, "I didn't have no regular wages.
"I came by the train from Littlebourne," said Mrs. Rowles simply. "May I come in?" "Oh, you may come in if you care to," was the bitter reply. Mrs. Rowles looked round her as she entered, and was so much shocked at what she saw that for a few moments she could not speak.
It was the resolve to go away from Littlebourne Lock, on that side of the river which she knew least away from her relations, from the village, from the church, from the railway, to find a situation with some stranger in a place where no one knew her; in a word, to provide for herself. As her resolve grew more fixed she felt calmer, and even pleased.
There's a call for the 'Lock a-hoy! And here they come, girls in flannels and sailor hats, rowing for their lives, and men lolling on the cushions with fans and parasols." The husband went to open the gates for one of those water-parties which are to be seen nowhere but on the Thames, and Mrs. Rowles set off to walk to Littlebourne station.
Webster, the vicar of Littlebourne, and his wife. "Beg your pardon, sir," said Rowles as soon as he had closed the gate above them, "would you mind if Philip was to jump into your bows and go down a bit with you?
Webster's mind, or rather, the same thought reversed. "Juliet," she said, "I wonder how your father and mother would like to leave London and come and live at Littlebourne?" "I don't know, ma'am," answered Juliet. "I have heard a good deal about them from Mrs. Rowles. Your father would have better health if he lived in the country." By this time they had reached No. 103.
Littlebourne lock is built from one bank of the river to an island in it. There are great wooden gates, opened by great wooden handles; but to explain how a lock is made and worked would be difficult, though it is easily understood when examined.
Burnet, "here you are safe, and very thankful you must be that we came down just in time to save you. Had the boat been carried over the weir you would have been drowned. But when Roberts saw you he knew you were one of the Littlebourne children, and my son felt sure that you were in distress."
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