ON THE COAST OF AEEAN 85 



there is only just room for a fire and a couch. 

 She came to the island as a servant when she 

 was but a girl, and has lived on it ever since, 

 and they will not send her away. She spins 

 wool on an old wheel and knits a few stockings ; 



JANET M'BKIDE. 



but her fingers are stiff with rheumatism, and 

 if those who are themselves poor enough were 

 not kind to her it would go ill with Janet in 

 the winter-time. When we reached the lane 

 which turns from the high road by the sea and 



