He looked down at her and thought of the past, and smiled to himself.
"'Tis funny to you, no doubt, being in my house again. You must have missed Mr. Woodrow a bit, I should think."
"'Twas funny."
"What's the news of him? Do you ever go down to Dawlish to have a chat with him?"
Sarah Jane remembered that this man warned her husband against Woodrow. From that moment her attitude towards him had changed. And she had just heard another thing from his wife. Mary was anxious that Sarah Jane should be her child's godmother and Jarratt refused to permit it. He gave no reasons, but explained that he wished others to fill that position. This fact Brendon's wife had learned within the hour from her friend.
"Daniel and Mr. Prout go down from time to time and bide a night or two. I haven't," she said.
"Of course not. Yet I'm sure you miss him."
"Yes, I do."
"I never could see much in the man myself."
"You wouldn't. You'd never understand why anybody could overpay you for your house. To you that would be a fool's trick. No doubt you despise him for paying more for a thing than 'twas worth."