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The sage had felt interest in the growth of this rude intelligence struggling up to light. But what with the wooing and what with the wedding, Lenny Fairfield had sunk very much out of his artificial position as pupil into his natural station of under-gardener.
"She enjoy rather poor spirits, sir," responded the under-gardener. "Mr. Carthew the old gentleman, I mean died less than a year ago; Lord Tillibody, her ladyship's brother, two months after; and then there was the sad business about the young gentleman. Killed in the 'unting-field, sir; and her ladyship's favourite. The present Mr. Norris has never been so equally." "Dear, dear, how sad!
"I'm only an under-gardener, but I've heard that it was the proper thing to speak out openly first." "Then Mary does not know that you I mean, that you think about her?" "I hope and believe she does; sir," said the young man warmly, and his eyes flashed, and a proud, joyful look came into his countenance. "Then I beg you will not hope and believe anything of the kind, sir, again.
Outside the highly beneficial advantages of very healthy surroundings and a generous, well-chosen dietary, Jan's development during all this time was largely influenced by two factors the constant companionship of Finn, and the fact that all the human folk with whom he came into contact, barring a largely negligible under-gardener, loved him.
Now a beautiful story is soon told, but the acts of which it is the sum pass more slowly. After many adventures of little importance he reached the capital of a kingdom by the sea, and there obtained the post of under-gardener at the royal palace, with good food and wages. In his prosperity he did not forget his unhappy sister, for he felt very uneasy about her.
"What a slap in the face!" he muttered. "Under-gardener! Well, that's all right. Give poor old Dunton's place to Dan Barnett! Here, I can't go in now, I must walk this off." John Grange pulled the open door to, so that it fastened with a snap, and turned off to make for the woods, where he could think alone.
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