8/16 Dickon and my cousin have worked and made it come alive. I shall send for you sometimes to help--but you must come when no one can see you." Ben Weatherstaff's face twisted itself in a dry old smile. "An' I didn't come through th' door. Th' rheumatics held me back th' last two year'." "Tha' come an' did a bit o' prunin'!" cried Dickon. "I couldn't make out how it had been done." "She was so fond of it--she was!" said Ben Weatherstaff slowly. |