"
"But why should this visit prevent you going out this very day, if so
inclined?"
"I don't know, but she may ask me if I have done so, and I do not want
to tell her that I have; neither do I want to say that I have not, if
I have; and therefore I shall not commence till after I have seen
her."
"When will you set off?"
"To-morrow morning; and I shall take my gun, although Oswald desired
me not; but after the fight we had with the wild cattle the other day,
I don't think it prudent to be unarmed; indeed, I do not feel
comfortable without I have my gun, at any time."
"Well, I shall have plenty to do when you are away--the, potatoes must
be hoed up, and I shall see what I can make of Master Pablo. He
appears well enough, and he has played quite long enough, so I shall
take him with me to the garden to-morrow, and set him to work. What a
quantity of fruit there is a promise of in the orchard this year! And
Edward, if this boy turns out of any use, and is a help to me, I think
that I shall take all the orchard into garden, and then inclose
another piece of ground, and see if we can not grow some corn for
ourselves. It is the greatest expense that we have at present, and I
should like to take my own corn to the mill to be ground.
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