She'd left something behind last week
when she was with me, and I thought I'd get a bit of fresh butter
here for her and put along with it. They make better butter in the
farm in the bottom there, than they do at Great Oakhurst. A note
inside now will get to your mother all right; you have a bit of
something to eat and drink here, and you'll be able to walk along of
me just into Letherhead, and then you can ride to Great Oakhurst;
it's only about two miles, and you can stay there all night.'
Madge was greatly touched; she took Mrs Caffyn's hands in hers,
pressed them both and consented. She was very weary, and the stamp
on Mrs Caffyn's countenance was indubitable; it was evidently no
forgery, but of royal mintage. They walked slowly to Letherhead, and
there they found the carrier's cart, which took them to Great
Oakhurst.
CHAPTER XII
Mrs Caffyn's house was a roomy old cottage near the church, with a
bow-window in which were displayed bottles of 'suckers,' and of Day &
Martin's blacking, cotton stuffs, a bag of nuts and some mugs, cups
and saucers. Inside were salt butter, washing-blue, drapery,
treacle, starch, tea, tobacco and snuff, cheese, matches, bacon, and
a few drugs, such as black draught, magnesia, pills, sulphur, dill-
water, Dalby's Carminative, and steel-drops. There was also a small
stock of writing-paper, string and tin ware.
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