“Then I will make it a £100 a year. Now what dost thou say?”
“I will marry thee, Peter, and I will do my 166 duty to thee, and make thee happy.” Then she put her hand in his, and he walked home with her.
Next day all Lerwick knew that Peter was going to marry Glumm’s handsome widow.
CHAPTER IX.
JAN AT HIS POST.
“Then like an embryo bird
One day, he knew not how, but God that morn
Had pricked his soul—he cracked his shelly case, and
Claimed his due portion in a larger life.