And after that, it walked with me continually, secure and imperishable evermore.
I rode, and John sauntered beside me along the footpath, now and then plucking a leaf or branch off the hedge, and playing with it, as was his habit when a lad.

Often I caught the old smile--not one of his three boys, not even handsome Guy, had their father's smile.
He was telling me about Enderley Mill, and all his plans there, in the which he seemed very happy.

At last, his long life of duty was merging into the life he loved.

He looked as proud and pleased as a boy, in talking of the new inventions he meant to apply in cloth-weaving; and how he and his wife had agreed together to live for some years to come at little Longfield, strictly within their settled income, that all the remainder of his capital might go to the improvement of Enderley Mills and mill-people.
"I shall be master of nearly a hundred, men and women.

Think what good we may do! She has half-a-dozen plans on foot already--bless her dear heart!" It was easy to guess whom he referred to--the one who went hand-in-hand with him in everything.
"Was the dinner in the barn, next Monday, her plan, too ?" "Partly.