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you," he said. " It seems that he heard you say- 

 he was slow." 



Not for a moment did I believe that he really 

 thought of leaving ; but whether it was the result 

 of wounded vanitv or of reaction after his adventure 

 I know not, certain it was that Patrick O'Hara's 

 work began to flag. Si Booth was busy on the 

 breaking, and the barley crop being ripe he under- 

 took to take it off with my binder and team. Pat 

 left following the plough, which seemed to be 

 moving more slowly than ever, and he and I stooked 

 before noon, but at dinner-time he said the old 

 wound on his leg was giving him great pain, and in 

 the afternoon I finished the barley stooking, 

 leaving him to prepare supper and attend to the 

 stock. 



I didn't get back until eight o'clock. I was hungry 

 and very tired, and greatly enraged to see the calves 

 outside the fence and Pat looking as though it did 

 not matter. 



" It's divil a bit of use thryin' to keep thim in. 

 Faith, I've done my livil best ! " 



" Then you must lock them up. You know as 

 well as I do that they will spend the night in the 



oats." 



The next day we returned to the ploughing. 

 I relieved Pat at four o'clock with the harrows, and as 

 usual he had a place here and there to point out 

 to me where I had carelessly allowed the seed-bed 

 to escape the harrow — but these landmarks were 

 never allowed to escape the observation of my 

 tutor. One can't help noticing that those who 

 stand most in need of a little charity for themselves 

 in the judgment of others seldom fail to carry round 



