“Well, it is annoying, of course, Sukey, but after all they were but doing their duty,” answered Peggy slowly.
“Yes’m,” said the black giving her young mistress a sharp look, then turning she busied herself about the fire.
Each one was attending strictly to the task before him, and resolving to embrace the opportunity to talk a few moments with Fairfax Johnson, Peggy took the loaf of bread she was cutting over to the table where the youth was slicing ham.
CHAPTER V
FRIENDS IN NEED
“Thanks for the sympathies that ye have shown!
Thanks for each kindly word, each silent token,
That teaches me, when seeming most alone,
Friends are around us, though no word be spoken.”
—Longfellow.
“He must not stay there, Mistress Peggy,” said Fairfax in a low tone as the maiden joined him. “The sheriff is not satisfied, and I doubt not will make the search again. He will not wish me to go above again, but will choose one of his own men. It is not safe for your cousin.”