He sat and watched the working-people making their deposits, to which at intervals he signed his name.

Before he left in the afternoon Downe put his head inside the door.
'Emily has seen Mrs.Barnet,' he said, in a low voice.

'She has got Mrs.
Barnet's promise to take her for a drive down to the shore to-morrow, if it is fine.

Good afternoon!' Barnet shook Downe by the hand without speaking, and Downe went away..