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Updated: June 11, 2025
Then came tears; but Sabina felt such weakness did not become her and smothered them. "Thank you, gratefully, Miss Ironsyde," she said. Tea was a silent matter, for Jenny had very little to say. Her speech was just and kind, however. It satisfied Sabina, whose only concern was justice now. She had spoken first. "I think I'm sure it's only some hitch in Mr. Raymond's mind.
When he had mounted his horse and ridden away without more words from her, Abel, who had been lurking along on the other side of the hedge, crept through it and rejoined his mother. They walked on in silence for some time. Then the child spoke. "Fancy your talking to Mister Ironsyde, mother!" "He talked to me." "I lay you dressed him down then?" "I told him the truth, Abel.
Raymond Ironsyde joined them at this juncture and presently, when Levi went back to his shop and the Hemp Breaker had been duly applauded, the master took John Best aside and discussed a private matter. "The boy has come back for his holidays," he said; and Best, who knew that when Raymond spoke of 'the boy' he meant Sabina's son, nodded.
Neither she nor anybody belonging to him heard of the boy's escapade at the meeting, for upon that subject Job Legg felt it wisest to be silent. And when the penultimate meeting passed, the spirit of it was such that those best able to judge again felt very sanguine for Ironsyde. He had created a good impression and won a wide measure of support.
She talked on quietly, but with the unconscious force of one who feels her subject to the heart. The man began to yield not for love of Sabina, but for love of himself. For Miss Ironsyde continued to make him see his own position must be unbearable if he persisted, while first she implied and finally declared, that only through marriage with Sabina could his own position be longer retained.
Raymond Ironsyde felt somewhat impatient of the conference to consider the situation of his son. But since he had no authority and Sabina was anxious to do something, he agreed to consult Mr. Churchouse. They met at 'The Magnolias, where Miss Ironsyde joined them; but her old energy and forcible opinions had faded. She did little more than listen.
She had agreed to go for a walk with Raymond Ironsyde on the following Sunday, and he had named their meeting-place: a bridge that crossed the Bride in the vale two miles from the village. She meant to go, for the understanding between her and Raymond had advanced far beyond any point dreamed of by Sally Groves. Sabina's mind was in fact exceedingly full of Raymond, and his mind was full of her.
For a few days she raged and was only comforted with difficulty. Mr. Churchouse and Jenny Ironsyde both visited Sabina and bade her control herself and keep calm, lest worst things should happen to her. Ernest was still sanguine that the young man would regret his suggestions; but Jenny quenched this hope. "It is all of a piece," she said, "and, looking back, I see it.
Her powerlessness maddened her her powerlessness contrasted with his remorseless strength. But he used his strength like a coward. Some of her friends urged her to take legal action against Raymond Ironsyde and demand mighty damages. "You can hurt him there, if you can't anywhere else," said Nancy Buckler. "You say you're too weak to hurt him, but you're not.
It's not so much what Raymond doesn't do as what he does do. He's foolish with the spinners and minders at the Mill." "He might be," said Jenny Ironsyde, "but he's a gentleman." "He's an idiot. I believe he'd wreck the whole business if he had the power. Best tells me he talks to the girls about what he's going to do presently, and tells them he will raise all their wages.
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