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He had even procured for her a pound of the Queen's new Chinese herb, and it certainly was as nauseous as could be wished, when boiled in milk, but she was told that was not the way it was taken at my Lady Charnock's. She was quite animated when Mrs. Woodford offered to show her how to prepare it. Therewith the master of the house came in, and the aspect of affairs changed.
The work was hard and he had not expected Charnock's assistant to continue his task longer than he need. Festing was fastidiously just, and thought it shabby to steal a workman's time; moreover, he imagined that if he had asked the fellow to go on after the whistle blew he would have refused. Curiosity led him to wait farther along the track until the thud of the hammer stopped.
He could not warn Bob to be cautious, or interfere with the girl's plans, supposing that she had made some. Besides, it was Charnock's affair, not his. By and by he dismissed the matter and thought about a troublesome job that must be undertaken in the morning. The picnic at Long Lake was an annual function, held as soon as the weather got warm enough, to celebrate the return of spring.
Redhead gave him occasional help, to the great satisfaction of the parishioners, and was highly respected by them during Mr. Charnock's lifetime. But the case was entirely altered when, at Mr. Charnock's death in 1819, they conceived that the trustees had been unjustly deprived of their rights by the Vicar of Bradford, who appointed Mr. Redhead as perpetual curate.
In fact, it was with much reluctance I promised to come, and if Bob hadn't insisted " He paused and pulled himself together. "On the surface, of course, his conduct looks inexcusable, but he really has some defense, and I think you ought to hear it, for your own sake." "Perhaps I ought," she agreed quietly. "Well, I am willing." Festing began by relating Charnock's troubles.
Charnock's bold statements that she could have got Stephen if she had wanted had jarred, but it looked as if she had made an empty boast. "I thought you were a democrat," she remarked, smiling. "So I am, in general; but when it's a matter of choosing my wife's friends, I'm an exclusive aristocrat. That's the worst of having theories; they don't apply all round."
Farmer and hired man worked with tense activity, but Charnock's efforts were spasmodic and often slack. In the meantime, trade was brisk at the settlement, and Keller found his business made demands on him that he could hardly meet. It was rapidly growing, and his strength got less. Indeed, he would have sold out but for Sadie.
Poynsett was sure that whatever she had thought of Miles Charnock's eyes five-and-thirty years ago, she had never raved about them to Susan Lorimer, but she only said, "All my boys are like their father except Charlie." "But Master Frank has no eyes for any one but Miss Vivian.
"What about the machines?" "Let them stop," said Charnock. "It seems they belong to my creditors, who can look after them. I'm going to Concord and don't know when I'll be back." He went off towards the homestead and half an hour later drove away across the plain. The air was sharp and wonderfully invigorating when Festing stopped for a few moments, one evening, outside Charnock's homestead.
"You're a fool, Bob; you never learn," she said wearily. "Anyhow, you have got to cut out this kind of thing; the business won't stand for it long. Well, as you can't be trusted with dollars, I'll have to put you on an allowance. I hate to be mean, but if you waste what I give you, you'll get no more." Charnock's face got red. "This is rather a nasty knock.
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