5/8 You will be going off and leaving me, in a month or two,' he said, rather discontentedly. 'Though why you shouldn't, I don't know,' he added, in a gayer voice. 'I'll stay with mas'r as long as he wants me--so as I can be of any use.' 'Not while I am in trouble, Tom ?' said Mr.St.Clare, looking sadly out of the window. 'And when will my trouble be over ?' Then half-smiling he turned from the window, and laid his hand on Tom's shoulder. 'Ah, Tom, you soft, silly boy,' he said. |