And the gratitude of the master thereof might appear in coins, or in an order on his store for silk and lace.

When, in her younger days, at Bath or in town, she had served fine mistresses, she had been given many a guinea for carrying a note or contriving an interview, and in changing her estate she had not changed her code of morals.

"We must oblige Mr.Haward, of course," she said complacently.

"I warrant you that I can give things an air! There's not a parlor in this parish that does not set my teeth on edge! Now at my Lady Squander's"-- She embarked upon reminiscences of past splendor, checked only by her husband's impatient demand for dinner.
Audrey, preparing to follow her into the kitchen, was stopped, as she would have passed the table, by the minister's heavy hand.

"The roses at Fair View bloom early," he said, turning her about that he might better see the red cluster in her hair.