The question of course arose whether he was not a spy sent out by Lord Rufford's man of business, and Mrs.Goarly was clearly of opinion that such had been the nature of his employment.

Had he really been a friend, she suggested, he would have left a sovereign behind him.

"He didn't get no information from me," said Goarly.
"Only about Mr.Bearside." "What's the odds of that?
They all knows that.

Bearside! Why should I be ashamed of Bearside?
I'll do a deal better with Bearside than I would with that old woman, Masters." "But he took it down in writing, Dan." "What the d----'s the odds in that ?" "I don't like it when they puts it down in writing." "Hold your jaw," said Goarly as he slowly shouldered the dung-fork to take it back to his work.

But as they again discussed the matter that night the opinion gained ground upon them that the Senator had been an emissary from the enemy..