16/17 Where's my boy Tom to carry it? He was always a good boy till he got along with them poachers.' 'Listen,' he said, 'listen! There's bells a-ringing--ringing in my head. Come you here, Paul Tregarva.' He pulled Tregarva's face down to his own, and whispered,-- 'Them's the bells a-ringing for Miss Honor's wedding.' Paul started and drew back. Harry chuckled and grinned for a moment in his old foxy, peering way, and then wandered off again. 'It's the weir, the weir--a-washing me away--thundering over me .-- Squire, I'm drowning,--drowning and choking! Oh, Lord, how deep! Now it's running quieter--now I can breathe again--swift and oily--running on, running on, down to the sea. |