21/22 "I ain't come with any scandal about the fam'ly. A grown-up son, I mean--with a 'orse an' cart. Because, if so, there's five gallopin' 'orses down at the wharf waitin' to be taken over to Henley-in-Arden." "Oh ?" said the woman. "My 'usband left word Gustavus was to fetch 'em along if they arrived. But who sent you with the message ?" "I've a friend in Gavel's business," Tilda answered with dignity. |