"One of hereabouts?" she inquired.
"Not quite that—farther up the country."
"I thought so. And so am I; and by your tongue you come from my neighbourhood."
"But you would hardly have heard of me," he said, quickly. "My time would be long before yours, ma'am, you see."
This testimony to the youthfulness of his hostess had the effect of stopping her cross-examination.
"There is only one thing more wanted to make me happy," continued the new-comer; "and that is a little 'baccy, which I am sorry to say I am out of."
"I'll fill your pipe," said the shepherd.
"I must ask you to lend me a pipe likewise."
"A smoker, and no pipe about ye?"
"I have dropped it somewhere on the road."