"That young man has got something to him," Mr. Amos Hughes said, as they went back to the Rectory.
"If you could put some printing in his way, it would be a favor to me," said Dr. Lavendar.
"I shouldn't wonder if I could," the lawyer said.
"The girl is a fine creature, poor child," said Mr. Carter.
"Gentlemen," said Dr. Lavendar, "they are both good children, and they have behaved well; but there's somebody else, let me tell you!"
However, he did not tell them. Perhaps he kept his opinion for Robert Gray's ears, for once he said, smiling, in Rebecca's presence:
"Robert, this wife of yours is a noble woman."
Mr. Gray, a little surprised, said, politely, looking with kind eyes at Rebecca, "Mrs. Gray is a very good wife, sir."
And Rebecca went up and hid herself in the garret and cried with joy.