And Phyllis, who had been watching his large, kindly face with the
greatest admiration, smiled confidently back to him, and answered,
"I think as you do Uncle Hallam,

"'For right is right, since God is God;
And right the day must win;
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin.'"

Hallam looked proudly at her, and then at his opponent, who, with
glistening eyes, bowed, and answered: "My dear young lady, that settles
the question, here. I wish with a' my heart it did so in ivery court
in t' kingdom; but, squire, thou knows little o' this world, I'm
feared."

"What by that? I don't want to know. As far as I can judge, t'
knowledge of t' world is only an acquaintance wi' all sorts o' evil
and unjust things. But come thy ways, Eltham, and let's hev a bit of
a walk through t' park. I hear t' cuckoos telling their names to ivery
tree, and ivery bird in them, and there's few sounds I like better,
if it bean't a nightingale singing."

It was getting late, and the squire's proposition was generally
indorsed. The whole party resolved to walk to the park gates, and the
carriage and Antony's saddle-horse were ordered to meet them there.
It was a delightful evening, full of an indescribable tranquillity--a
tranquillity not at all disturbed by the _craik_ of the rail in
the clover, or the plaintive minor of the cuckoo in the thick groves.
Eltham and the squire talked earnestly of the coming election.