"Until I hear they are safe in Lord Harlow's house, I can do nothing at all." So he went up to Hatton Hall and found his mother setting her dinner-table.

"Eh, but I am glad to see thee, John!" she cried joyfully.
"Come thy ways in, dear lad.

There's a nice roast turning over a Yorkshire pudding; thou art just in a fit time.

What brought thee up the hill this morning ?" "I came to see your face and hear your voice, mother." "Well now! I am glad and proud to hear that.

How is Martha and her mother ?" "They are on their way to London." "However could thou afford it ?" "Sometimes we spend money we cannot afford." "To be sure we do--and are always sorry for it.