"To-morrow too, Juliet. I'm giving up my work at Little Shale."
"But you can't give it up at a moment's notice," she said.
"The squire is managing it. They can close the school for a week anyway.
Then he can find a substitute."
Juliet pondered this. Then, "Let's go back till the end of the term,
Dicky!" she said.
He looked at her. "You want to, my Lady Joanna?"
She shook her head at him. "You're not to call me that. Yes, I'd like to go back and finish there, but only as your wife—nothing else."
"My lady wife!" he said, patting her cheek.
She leaned her head against his shoulder. "Yes, and there are the miners to settle. Do you think they'll ever be friends with me, Dick?"
"Of course they will," he said. "By the way, Juliet, I've a piece of news for you. You know what Yardley came for?"
"No, I don't," she said, looking momentarily startled.