"What for, mother?"

"I don't know for certain. He said on business. You had better talk with
Jonathan. I didn't like the way he spoke of Harry. He ought to remember
his young master is a bit above him."

"That is the last thing Jonathan would remember, but he is a
good-hearted, straight-standing man."

"Very, if you can believe in his words and ways. He came here Saturday
to insinuate all kinds of 'shouldn't-be's' against Harry, and then on
Sunday he was dropping his 'Amens' about the chapel so generously I
felt perfectly sure they were worth nothing."

"Well, mother, you may trust me to look after all that is wrong. Let not
your heart be troubled. I will talk with Jonathan in the morning."

"Nay, I'll warrant he will be here tonight. He will have heard thou art
home, and he will be sure he is wanted before anybody else."

"If he comes tonight, tell him I cannot see him until half-past nine in
the morning."

"That is right--but what for?"

"Because I am much troubled and a little angry. I wish to get myself in
harness before I see anyone."

"Well, you know, John, that Harry never liked the mill, but while father
lived he did not dare to say so. Poor lad! He hated mill life."