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Updated: June 8, 2025
A door opened a few yards in front of them, and a dark figure appeared in the midst of a square opening all ablaze with cheerful light. "Hollo, Sam," said Mr Tankardew again, in a more subdued voice. "Is that you, mayster? All right," cried the other. "I've brought you some company, Sam, rather late though." "You're welcome, mayster, company and all," was the reply.
Up in the morning and took coach, and so to Gilford, where we lay at the Red Lyon, the best Inn, and lay in the room the King lately lay in, where we had time to see the Hospital, built by Archbishop Abbott, and the free school, and were civilly treated by the Mayster.
"I know nothing about his honesty," he said; "but I do know one thing, for Mr Hubert's told me he's led you into sin at home, Mayster Frank, and he'll lead you into sin again here; and he's just cutting you off from your best friends and your brightest hopes; and I've just come over once more to beg and beseech you, by all as you holds dear, to have nothing no more to do with yon drunken profligate.
"I cannot rightly tell what'll be the best to do. Mayster Oldfield, you mustn't be offended, but I'd better be plain and outspoken. You'd not mean to wrong me of a farthing, I know; but you must be well aware you're not always your own mayster. So if you cannot keep your own brass safe, I can hardly think it wise to trust you to take charge of mine.
It's poison to you, as I've seen it poison to scores and scores, eating out manhood, withering out womanhood, crushing down childhood, shrivelling up babyhood. I'll live for you, Mayster Frank, work for you, slave for you, wage or no wage ay, I'll die for you, if need be only do, do give up this cursed, ruinous, body and soul-destroying drink."
"Mayster Frank," was Jacob's reply, "I'm not going to leave you now, unless you wish to part with me yourself. I don't feel happy in leaving you to go by yourself nobody knows where." "Really, Jacob, you make a capital nurse," said the other, laughing; "you seem to be quite convinced that I'm not to be trusted to run alone."
"I've seen what's worse nor ten thousand boggarts, Mayster Frank," said Jacob, sorrowfully. "And pray what may that be?" asked his master. "Why, mayster, I've seen what's filled scores of homes and hearts with boggarts. I've seen the bottles as holds the drink the strong drink as ruins millions upon millions." Frank started as if pierced by a sudden sting. His colour went and came.
Poor Mrs Franklin and her daughter looked on in astonishment, hardly knowing what to say or think of this extraordinary proceeding, but their host reassured them at once. "Never fear, ma'am, the old mayster couldn't hurt a fly; it'll be all right, take my word for it; there's summut strange as we can't make out.
"Are you not?" said his master, with a look of disappointment. "I thought you might have been. At any rate, I shall be sorry to lose you, Jacob, for you've been more like a brother than a servant to me; though, it's true, you'll not be much of a sufferer by losing me." "Ay, but, Mayster Frank, there's no reason why either on us should lose t'other.
At this moment up came another man on horseback, to say that a neighbouring lady was taken in labour, and that the doctor or his assistant must come that moment, as "'twas missusses vust child, and mayster was vrightened out of his senses."
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