Half an hour later as I looked out of the window before getting into bed
I saw in the sunlight a boat moving down the creek towards the town.
Tubal Cain was rowing, and Annie sat in the stern. She had changed
her gown.


They have been just an ordinary couple ever since, and attend their
chapel regularly. Sometimes Annie comes over to make me an omelet;
and, as a matter of fact, she is now in the kitchen. But not a word
has ever been spoken between us about her honeymoon.



II.--THESE-AN'-THAT'S WIFE.

In the matter of These-an'-That himself, public opinion in Troy is
divided. To the great majority he appears scandalously careless of
his honour; while there are just six or seven who fight with a
suspicion that there dwells something divine in the man.

To reach the town from my cottage I have to cross the Passage Ferry,
either in the smaller boat which Eli pulls single-handed, or (if a
market-cart or donkey, or drove of cattle be waiting on the slip)
I must hang about till Eli summons his boy to help him with the
horse-boat. Then the gangway is lowered, the beasts are driven on
board, the passengers follow at a convenient distance, and the long
sweeps take us slowly across the tide. It was on such a voyage, a
few weeks after I settled in the neighbourhood, that I first met
These-an'-That.