“ThatwasGiles。”saidMelbury，whentheyhadgoneby。
“Wasit？PoorGiles。”saidshe。
“Allthatbloothmeansheavyautumnworkforhimandhishands。
Ifnoblighthappensbeforethesettingtheappleyieldwillbesuchaswehavenothadforyears。”
Meanwhile，inthewoodtheyhadcomefrom，themenhadsatonsolongthattheywereindisposedtobeginworkagainthatevening；