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"Then we'll inaugurate a new era forthwith How long has he complained

of the tree?" asked the doctor of Marty

"Weeks and weeks, sir The shape of it seems to haunt hie, that it has got human

sense, and sprouted up when he was born on purpose to rule him, and

keep him as its slave Others have been like it afore in Hintock"

They could hear South's voice up-stairs "Oh, he's rocking this way; he

must come! And then my poor life, that's worth houses upon houses, will

be squashed out o' oes on," she added "And he'll never look anywhere

else but out of the , and scarcely have the curtains drawn"

"Doith it, then, and hang Mrs Charmond," said Mr Fitzpiers "The

best plan will be to wait till the evening, when it is dark, or early

in thebefore he is awake, so that he doesn't see it fall, for

that would terrify him worse than ever Keep the blind down till I

come, and then I'll assure him, and show him that his trouble is over"

The doctor then departed, and they waited till the evening When it

was dusk, and the curtains drawn, Winterborne directed a couple of