best eaten in a highly condition a dozen or so of wrinkled apples which to judge by their and worn must have been several old kept melancholy companionship with of the choice tea whereof the was displayed in the window and was just about wondering whether she would or could buy anything out of the collection when the click click click stopped abruptly and stepped forth from the interior den of the post office all right miss he said your are sent correctly as far as anyhow and there is one there who is acquainted with the french language they will correctly from london i shouldn t like to say i � we are a singular nation and one of our is that we scorn to know the language of our nearest neighbours she smiled up at him � and as his glance met hers he was taken as it were by the beauty and frank god s good man innocence of the grave dark blue eyes that shone so serenely into his own thank you so very very much you have been most kind and with a swift of her white eyelids she veiled those of the soul beneath a concealing fringe of long golden brown lashes � it s quite a new experience to find a clergyman able and willing to be a telegraph clerk as well i so useful isn t it in a village like this it is rejoined gaily � and after all there s not much use in being a minister unless one can practically succeed in the art of to every sort of demand made upon one s i even to miss s needs should she require anything from the preservation of trees to the sending of that st rest can provide again glanced at him and again a little smile lifted the comers of her mouth i must pay for the she said abruptly � mrs yes miss � written it all down murmured mrs nervously � it s right mr isn t it if you would be so good as to look at it bein a word it do make it different like an m there might be a mistake glanced over the scrap of paper on which she had her rough figures out i declare mrs he said merrily dear whatever is going to become of you eh to cheat yourself wouldn t matter � nobody minds thai � but to do the british government out of would be a dreadful thing now if i had not seen this you would have been what is called short this evening in making up accounts here he handed the corrected paper to i think you wiu find that right opened her purse and paid the amount � and mrs in giving her change for a sovereign included among the a bright new piece with a hole in it this little bit of silver held it up in front of s eyes triumphantly luck she exclaimed � that s for you it s a reward for operations will you be grateful if i give it to you he laughed profoundly it shall be my d s o i o god s good man then there you are i and she placed the tiny coin in the of the hand he held out to receive it the is worthy of his now you can never go about like some grumbling and saying you work for no pay her eyes sparkled what shall we do next oh i know let s buy some drops i mrs stared and smiled or drops continued glancing at the various of � i see the real old fashioned pink ones up there � at one end and at the other do you like them or brandy balls i think the drops carry one back to the age of ten most quickly but which do you prefer tried to look serious but could not succeed laughter all over his face arid he began to feel extremely young well � really miss � he began there i know what you are going to say exclaimed � you are going to tell me that it would never do for a clergyman to be seen drops in his own parish understand but do ever so much worse than that sometimes they do really two of drops for me mrs please i � and one of brandy balls mrs out of her government office and came to the counter to dispense these they k to the jar so said watching her thoughtfully they always did i remember as a child seeing a man put his finger in to them don t put your finger in mrs � take a bit of wood � an old or something oh they re coming out all right that s it and she one of the drops into her mouth they are really very good � better than french � so much more innocent and refreshing here she took possession of the little paper bags which mrs had filled with the sweets thank you mrs if any answers to my come from paris please send them up to the at once good morning good morning miss and mrs pulled the door of her double establishment wider open to let the young lady pass out which she did a smile and nod following her rose and paced after his mistress trotting meekly at the rear and god s good man they all went forth from the s garden into the road where pausing raised his hat in farewell oh are you going won t you walk with me as far as your own certainly if you wish it � he answered with a slight touch of embarrassment i thought perhaps tou thought perhaps � what laughed glancing up at him � that i was going to make you eat drops against your will not i wouldn t be so 