No gossip was Mrs.Flynn, but she knew well what was going on in the parish, and she had strong views upon all subjects, and a special interest in the welfare of two people in Chaudiere.

One of these was the Seigneur, who, when her husband died, leaving behind him a name for wit and neighbourliness, and nothing else, proposed that she should come to be his cook.

In spite of her protest that what was "fit for Teddy was not fit for a gintleman of quality," the Seigneur had had his way, never repenting of his choice.

Mrs.
Flynn's cooking was not her only good point.

She had the rarest sense and an unfailing spring of good-nature--life bubbled round her.