"To be sure you do," said Brown, thoughtfully; and then he added, "but I must see Mr. Thornton, and hear what he says about it."
"Well, go and see him at once. I have just been there, and he told me to come to you. Now, mind what I say, Brown; it is a ticklish job they have got there, so have all your wits about you while you are at work."
Brown thought he understood what the man meant. Collins sometimes followed his wife's example, and took a little more beer than was good for him, and it might be this that had made his hand unsteady; but he thanked Collins for the hint he had given him, and prepared at once to go and see the foreman.
[CHAPTER VI]
MASTER EUSTACE
"NOW, Nursey, father said before he went away that I might go all round here by myself." And the little boy extended his arms and swung round on one foot to explain to Nurse the wide extent to which he was given leave to ramble.
"Yes, Master Eustace, I know all about it," said Nurse, "and Eliza can walk all round there too."
"But I don't want Eliza; she can nurse the baby or look after Winny; but father said I was getting a big boy now, and must take care of myself, and so, of course—"
"Ah, that is all very well to remember one part of father's talk, and forget all the rest," interrupted Nurse. "Father told you just before he went away that you were to do as Nurse told you. Don't you remember?"
"Yes, but he didn't say anything about Eliza," answered the child.