"Now, I will get in first, and, when I have him properly in hand, you can mount on the other side." The young lady appeared to have entirely recovered from the effects of her fright, and was by my side in a moment.

The horse danced a little as we started and tried to look behind him, but he soon felt that he was under control, and trotted off finely.
I now thought that I ought to tell her who I was, for I did not want to be taken for a travelling showman, although I really did not suppose that she would make such a mistake.
"So you are the school-master at Walford!" said she.

"I have heard about you.

Little Billy Marshall is one of your scholars." I admitted that he was, and that I was afraid he did not do me very much credit.
"Perhaps not," she said, "but he is a good boy.

His mother sometimes works for us; she does quite heavy jobs of sewing, and Billy brings them up by train.