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A sweet gentle faced young woman she was, with the same deep blue eyes as her little son; she bore no resemblance to the elder woman, and looked, as she indeed was, superior to her surroundings. A SWEET GENTLE FACED YOUNG WOMAN SHE WAS WITH THE SAME DEEP BLUE EYES AS HER LITTLE SON SHE BORE NO RESEMBLANCE TO THE ELDER WOMAN AND LOOKED AS SHE INDEED WAS SUPERIOR TO HER SURROUNDINGS
es, many of them wild productions from his fertile brain, but certain it was that he was the pet and the darling of the village, and none as yet had resisted his sway. Over the green, up a shady lane, across two fields, and then, breathless and panting, Teddy paused before an old-fashioned farmhouse. He passed his hands lightly through his curls, pulled himself up with a jerk, and then quietly and sedately opened a latched door and entered the long low-roofed kitchen. There was something very restful in the scene. A square substantial table covered with a white cloth, in the centre a large bowl of roses and honeysuckle: home-made bread and golden butter, a glass dish of honey in its comb, a plate of fresh watercress, and a currant loaf completed the simple fare. Presiding at the tea-tray was a stern, forbidding-looking woman of sixty or more, opposite her was seated her son, the master of the farm, a heavy-faced, sleepy-looking man; and at his side, facing the door, sat Teddy's mother. LOUS APTITUDE FOR TELLING STORIES MANY OF THEM WILD PRODUCTIONS FROM HIS FERTILE BRAIN BUT CERTAIN IT WAS THAT HE WAS PET IN THE DARLING OF THE VILLAGE AND NONE AS YET HAD RESISTED HIS SWAY OVER THE GREEN UP A SHADY LANE ACROSS TWO FIELDS AND THEN BREATHLESS AND PANTING TEDDY PAUSED BEFORE AN OLD FASHIONED FARMHOUSE HE PASSED HIS HANDS LIGHTLY THROUGH HIS CURLS PULLED HIMSELF UPWARD WITH A JERK AND THEN QUIETLY AND SEDATELY OPENED A LATCH DOOR AND ENTERED THE LONG LOW ROOFED KITCHEN THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY RESTFUL IN THIS SCENE A SQUARE SUBSTANTIAL TABLE COVERED WITH A WHITE CLOTH IN THE CENTRE A LARGE BOWL OF ROSES AND HONEYSUCKLE HOME MADE BREAD AND GOLDEN BUTTER A GLASS DISH OF HONEY IN ITS COMB A PLATE OF FRESH WATERCRESS AND A CURRANT LOAF COMPLETED THE SIMPLE FARE PRESIDING AT THE TEA TRAY WAS A STERN FORBIDDING LOOKING WOMAN OF SIXTY OR MORE OPPOSITE HER WAS SEATED HER SON THE MASTER OF THE FARM A HEAVY FACED SLEEPY LOOKING MAN AND AT HIS SIDE FACING THE DOOR SAT TEDDY'S MOTHER
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