"There," said Humphrey, "now time and patience must do the rest. We
must coax her and handle her, and we soon shall tame her. At present
let us leave her with the calf. She has a yard of rope, and that is
enough for her to lick her calf, which is all that she requires at
present. To-morrow we will cut some grass for her."
They then went out, shutting the cow-house door.
"Well, Humphrey, you've beat us after all, and have the laugh on your
side now," said Jacob. "'Where there's a will, there's a way,' that's
certain; and I assure you, that when you were making so much hay, and
gathering so much litter, and building a cow-house, I had no more idea
that we should have a cow than that we should have an elephant; and I
will say that you deserve great credit for your way of obtaining it."
"That he certainly does," replied Edward. "You have more genius than I
have, brother. But dinner must be ready, if Alice has done her duty.
What think you Jacob, shall we after dinner go and look after that
bull?"
"Yes, by all means. He will not be bad eating, and I can sell all I
can carry in the cart at Lymington. Besides, the skin is worth money."
CHAPTER VI.
Alice and Edith were very anxious to see the cow, and especially to
see the calf; but Humphrey told them that they must not go near till
he went with them, and then they should see it.
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