"May be so, my dear," agreed the miller.
"When does he commence to work for you?" inquired his wife, still looking dubious.
"Next Monday. He has found lodgings in the village."
"How has he managed about money?"
"Well, I have advanced him a little," Mr. Grey admitted. "I offered to do so, and I believe he is very grateful to me."
"It is to be hoped he will keep faith with you, John," his wife remarked drily.
"You will look-out a suit of clothes for him, won't you, Lizzie?"
"I will, if he turns up on Monday as arranged. But it would not astonish me, if he does not. We shall see."
Richard Butt did keep faith with the kind man who had befriended him, however. And proved himself quite equal to the task he had undertaken, to drive the big waggon with its pair of fine horses.
Mrs. John duly presented him with a suit of her husband's clothes, and various other articles of clothing which she thought might be useful to him. And she took the opportunity to question him about his wife, whom he said he was going to send for as soon as he could make a home for her.