"All right then," she said. "The shop can wait."
"Will you come out for an hour? Then you shall see something, as well as hear tell about it."
She turned, picked up the sun-bonnet that Dinah had donned in the morning, and followed him.
He made her kiss him and then they went up the hill as he told his story in every particular.
"And why for I've fetched you out," he said, "is because you shall see it with your own eyes."
She was deeply interested.
"And 'tis greatly to your credit," declared Jerry, "for you've seen through it from the first, like the clever one you are. 'Tis a feather in your cap, Jane."
"It fits in very suent," she answered, "because Maynard's given warning and be off presently; and if 'tis him, then no doubt they'll be off together. And God knows that won't trouble me."
"Why all this secret business?" asked Jerry. "There's no law against 'em marrying if they want to. What be they shamed of?"
"Can't you see that? The man who's after Dinah must know all about the past and how she served John. He's feared of John. My brother's took this like any proud man would. He's not going to have his name dragged in the dirt and take his wicked wrongs lying down."