CH. VIII.] The Rector s Daughter. 139 



I came to enquire for ; and I was told that 

 they were not yet back from school, but were 

 expected in three days, and that only that 

 morning a letter came from them asking 

 when I was likely to come and work the 

 Denes. I comforted Miss Madge, who at 

 first feared the pick of the sport might be 

 over before her brothers arrived, by telling 

 her that for the next four days Jack and I 

 should be busy " doctoring " holes, and that 

 during that time we could not " away with " 

 boys or dogs, as both were too noisy for the 

 work. 



Miss Madge took me round to the kennels 

 to see some rough wire-haired terriers, old 

 friends ; also three new ones, all supposed to 

 be wonders ; and she told me she would 

 arrange for her brothers to bring one day 

 five small beagles belonging to a friend. 



Jack and I did our duty by the ham and 

 eggs that night at the inn, and the pipe in 



