She frowned, and blinked and spoke again to Ern.

'I hear the gipsy has a row to hoe.'

'The more you hear,' he said, 'the less you'll learn.'

'We've just come out,' she said, 'to take a turn;

Suppose you come along: the more the merrier.'

'All right,' he said, 'but how about the terrier?'

He cocked an eye at Jimmy. 'Does he bite?'

Jimmy blushed scarlet. 'He's a dear,' said she.

Ern walked a step, 'Will you be in to-night?'

She shook her head, 'I doubt if that may be.