“Whose?”

Thou knows.”

Mrs. Garth gave her son a quick glance.

“It's like they're still at Fornside. I must see to 'em again.”

The blacksmith responded eagerly,—

“Do, mother, do.”

There was another pause. Joe made some pretence of scraping a file which he had picked up from a bench.

“Thou hasn't found out if old Angus made a will?” said Mrs. Garth.

“No.”

“No, of course not,” said Mrs. Garth, with a curl of the lip. “What I want doing I must do myself. Always has been so, and always will be.”