"Yes. Did not you hear Uncle Gage and me planning a secret expedition together?"
"No. Might I ask where you went?"
"We went all the way to S——. Are you not very anxious to learn our object?"
"If it is not a breach of confidence, certainly."
"You could not guess, Mr. Gage?"
"I fear not."
"It was to get pack-thread for garden-nets."
"A very important mission," said Mr. Gage.
"You will think it important when the season comes for fruit; but, perhaps, you will not be here."
"I shall not. I go back to Ireland in about a fortnight."