"I believe they'll be friends now," said Mavis, as she talked the matter over with Merle afterwards. "I was afraid the Glyn Williamses would be bitterly disappointed at the prospect of having to give up The Warren some day to Bevis, but Tudor never cared much for Chagmouth, and what do you think Gwen told me just as we were starting back in our boat? Why, that her father had the offer of Godoran Hall, and all the property and shooting, and he means to buy it, and go and live there. It will be more convenient for them close to Port Sennen, and it's a lovely place." "Oh, hooray! Perhaps they'll ask us to go and see them there sometimes. I hated them at one time, but I'd be sorry now if I never saw them again. Funny how one turns round, isn't it?" "I never believe much in your violent hatreds," laughed Mavis. "You generally like people in the end." "Well, I liked Bevis in the beginning." "So did I. I've always felt what Jessop said about him was true, he's a 'gentleman-born'! I don't mean that he's better than other people just because he's a Talland and owns the estate, but always, when he was quite poor and people jeered at him and called him a nobody, he behaved like a true gentleman. He stuck to Mr. and Mrs. Penruddock and helped them, though he hated the work on the farm, and he never spoke roughly and rudely like some of the boys about Chagmouth. He loves books and natural history and all those nice kinds of things, and he wanted to go on studying, and yet he didn't shirk a scrap at ploughing, and cutting hedges, and feeding the poultry. I'm sure if any one in this world deserves his good luck it's Bevis." The girls had been uncertain whether they were to go home with Father and Mother to Whinburn after Easter or stay in Devon, but Dr. Ramsay had declared that the improvement in Mavis's health was so marvellous that the experiment was worth continuing. "You look a different child," he said. "We'll leave you at Durracombe for another term at any rate." "And what about the next term after that?" asked Mavis. "It will be autumn then, and very cold at Whinburn." "That's a problem that needs carefully thinking out," answered Dr. Ramsay diplomatically. He would say nothing further at the time, but later on, before she returned north, Mrs. Ramsay had a secret to tell to Mavis and Merle. "How would you like to live always at Durracombe?" she asked them. "Always? Oh, Mummie! I'd adore it, if only it weren't for you and Daddy." "We've missed you loads, Muvvie darling!" "But suppose we were here, too?" "Here! All the time?" Then Mother, very proudly, revealed her great piece of news.