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Young Mrs. John, as she was called, was now her right hand, and the dairy work of the farm was made over entirely to her. YOUNG MISSUS JOHN AS SHE WAS CALLED WAS NOW HER RIGHT HAND AND THE DAIRY WORK OF THE FARM WAS MADE OVER ENTIRELY TO HER
 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. 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. Two years ago she had come with her child to make her home amongst her husband's people, and though at first her mother-in-law, Mrs. Platt, was inclined to look upon her contemptuously as a poor, delicate, useless creature, time proved to her that for steady, quiet work no one could eclipse her daughter-in-law. S 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 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 TWO YEARS AGO SHE HAD COME WITH HER CHILD TO MAKE HER HOME AMONGST HER HUSBAND'S PEOPLE AND THOUGH AT FIRST HER MOTHER IN LAW MISSUS PLATT WAS INCLINED TO LOOK UPON HER CONTEMPTUOUSLY AS A POOR DELICATE USELESS CREATURE TIME PROVED TO HER THAT FOR STEADY QUIET WORK NO ONE COULD ECLIPSE HER DAUGHTER IN LAW
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