Her thanks were very glib, her curtsy was very deep.

She was his most obliged, humble servant, and if she could serve him again he would make her proud.

Would he not, now, some day, row up creek to their poor house, and taste of her perry and Shrewsbury cakes?
Audrey, standing by, raised her eyes, and made of the request a royal invitation.
For a week or more Haward abode upon his plantation, alone save for his servants and slaves.

Each day he sent for the overseer, and listened gravely while that worthy expounded to him all the details of the condition and conduct of the estate; in the early morning and the late afternoon he rode abroad through his fields and forests.

Mill and ferry and rolling house were visited, and the quarters made his acquaintance.