29/47 At last she said, "I'll tell you a queer thing. I heard Mr.Rivers say to uncle--I heard him say, we were all slaves. He said that no one owns himself. I think that's silly," said the young philosopher, "don't you, John ?" "I don't know," returned John; "I think it's a big puzzle. Let's go." No word reached the Squire of the battle behind the church until four days later, when Rivers came in after dinner and found Penhallow in his library deep in thought. |