Violet Jacob > Irresolute Catherine

90 IRRESOLUTE CATHERINE
Saunders. She dursn’t go back to Mrs.
Job, an’ she hasn’t got a penny piece in her
pocket. Heber knows that well enough,
and he’s no fear but she’s safe till he
comes.”
“ I don’t want her! ” he exclaimed again ;
“ she’s gone and disgraced herself, woman.”
“You can pay him back in his own
coin,” urged Susannah, as if she had not
heard his last words, “you’ve got a finer
chance o’ that than any man ever had before.
You found the nest empty yourself ”
She paused and broke into a laugh, which
made his hot face grow hotter.
“ Come you, Mr. Saunders,” she went
on ; “ be a man. When it’s too late you’ll
be sorry there’s anybody alive can laugh
at you for gettin’ the worst of it like you’ve
done. My! the talk I’ve heard this
morning! You’re too well known in
these parts for a thing like that to pass
off easy.”
Had there been no Hand of Friend-