'What did my brother say in his letter ?' 'He was told wrong, that's all, or else he got the idea out of his own head.' 'Then why did they advertise for you ?' inquired Mrs.Peckover, keeping perfect command of her temper.
'The old man thought he'd like to find his son again, that's all.

Ha, ha! Why can't you take it good-humoured, Clem?
You had your joke yesterday, and you can't say I cut up rough about it.

I'm a good-natured fellow, I am.

There's many a man would have broke every bone in your body, my angel, you just remember that!' It rather seemed as if the merry proceeding would in this case be reversed; Joseph had risen, and was prepared to defend himself from an onslaught.

But Mrs.Peckover came between the newly-wedded pair, and by degrees induced Clem to take a calmer view of the situation, or at all events to postpone her vengeance.