All are gone, and in my will I have left you everything.' I cried, Lucy dear, as Jonathan and the old man clasped hands.

Our evening was a very, very happy one.
"So here we are, installed in this beautiful old house, and from both my bedroom and the drawing room I can see the great elms of the cathedral close, with their great black stems standing out against the old yellow stone of the cathedral, and I can hear the rooks overhead cawing and cawing and chattering and chattering and gossiping all day, after the manner of rooks--and humans.

I am busy, I need not tell you, arranging things and housekeeping.

Jonathan and Mr.Hawkins are busy all day, for now that Jonathan is a partner, Mr.Hawkins wants to tell him all about the clients.
"How is your dear mother getting on?
I wish I could run up to town for a day or two to see you, dear, but I dare not go yet, with so much on my shoulders, and Jonathan wants looking after still.

He is beginning to put some flesh on his bones again, but he was terribly weakened by the long illness.