She lingered at the gate to taste her happiness
after Sid had goneon to the barn.
Apparently no mortal eye had seen Gentleman Tom
after he had gonefrom Silver Bush.
Oh, oh, if I did be knowing as much avmagic as me
grandmother Id change her into a toad that I wud.
Such a whirlwind courtship was entirely too much
for Tillytuck. But shewould not be getting married for at least three years. Andher
wid thim looks av hers to go to Chiny! As if I hadnt been knowing it all his
life.
We do be going to have an awful wallop before
long.
Apparently no mortal eye had seen Gentleman Tom
after he had gonefrom Silver Bush.
Its a pity you didnt find that out a little sooner,
said LongAlec sourly. And Sid would look at Pat with defiant and yetappealing eyes
that nearly broke her heart.
Just be letting it alone, Patsy dear, advised Judy.
All her relatives took turns hecklingher about it. Then, findingthat nobody paid any
attention to her sulks, she would becomeamiable again.
As a matter of fact, all Tillytuck said was,
Engaged, by gosh!
The GoodMan Above do be having things in hand, Im
belaving. Its hard to doanything with somebody watching and criticising all the
time, isntit now, honey-boy? If you dont watch out all the men will be grabbed, he
saidgloomily.
I used to be hearing she was one to give herfamly
biling hot soup on a dog-day.
Its only three weeks sinceyou went away but
everything has changed.
Neither of them is by way of being a bitdeceived.
Far away a dim hill came out darklyagainst a winter sunset. To Pat it was almost
another count against May that she was fond ofcats.
I WONT have quarrels at Silver Bush, she
said.
Judy sighed again as she clapped her bakedbeans and
bacon in the oven.
Heoften went on such expeditions, returning at
nightfall.
Binnie saidsuperfluously, is not a soulless
sassiety woman. And just abit under her thumb already, as I cud be seeing. Gintleman
Tom did be always one to kape his own counsel.
Im not saying his dad tuk it so hardand small blame
to him .
None,it was felt, could fill Gentleman Toms place.
Judy says it happens like that once in a thousand years.
IM willing to let bygones bebygones, even if you
and I HAVE hated each other all our lives. Only that day she hadoverheard Judy
saying to Tillytuck, Oh, oh, things do be going toowell.
Its just that I find it hard to decide betweentwo
equally nice boys. Ive known for long that Sid would marry sometime.