COMMUTER'S WIFE 333 



Corkle bids me say that she would like to speak 

 private with you and Mr. Evan, and she may." 



What can it be ? Are the bread lessons too diffi- 

 cult for her to master? Is it the "'ome-brewed " 

 again, or can she be wishing to go back to Eng- 

 land when the year is up ? I thought that she had 

 seemed happier since Effie's coming. Six months 

 ago I. should have welcomed this, but not now. 

 There is a great deal of home comfort concealed 

 about Martha Corkle, if only she and her environ- 

 ment were not somewhat at odds. 



