'You must ask him,' said Jane, indicating Mr. Holwood.
'If Winefred has her mother's strong will, as I do not doubt she has, Jane, you and I can but accept her selection.'
'In a year,' said Jack, 'I shall be in a position to support a wife.'
'About that do not concern yourself,' said Mr. Holwood. 'I am well off, and all I have shall be hers.'
'Nevertheless, I will work,' said Jack. 'If at some future time I get something with her, I daresay Captain Ford will take me into partnership, and we can set up machinery and make of the Beer quarries something great.'
'I had a cow, once on a time——' began Mrs. Jose.
'Never mind about the cow now, you dear thing,' interrupted Winefred. 'We positively must get back to the mainland whilst there is light, and at Bindon we will hear the cow story from beginning to end, and will not interrupt.'
'But the cow had a calf——'
'And we will listen also to the history of the calf.'
'Well, well,' said Mrs. Jose. 'You and Winefred go on, and Mr. Holwood and I will follow with your mother. What a day this has been for rending asunder—and for joining together.'