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"Many's the time, Peter"

"And have you ever--seen hi his head, "I've seed 'i sailor-ot fu'rus-like, an' put 'im to

sleep--"

"No, Peter!" added Siland as could knock Black Jarge off 'is pins in a fair,

stand-up fight"

"Hum!" said I

"Ye see--'e be that 'ard, Peter!" nodded the Ancient "Why,

look!" he cried--"look 'ee theer!"

Now, looking where he pointed, I saw a man dart across the road

some distance away; he was hidden almost immediately, for there

were th of lie 'isself!" exclai up his

horses; but e reached the place George was gone, and though

we called and sought for some tied back towards Sissinghurst

"What be you a-shakin' your 'ead over, Old Un?" inquired Simon,

after we had ridden some distance

"I onderin' what that old fule A co of the ways, I descended froely heavy, and I feltI had no mind for work

Therefore I bade adieu to Simon and the Ancient, and turned aside

towards the Hollow, leaving the after me in wonderment