Charles bent forward and cut at Heber with his whip. "Go on, then, if you be afeared," said the shepherd, taking his hand from the bit. "It's the wisest choice that you've made. And every time ye see me, ye can remember that I know the coward ye are." "He's forgotten to pay," said Catherine blankly to the shepherd as they watched the gig disappear. "Oh! what'll Mrs. Cockshow say?" Black Heber made no suggestion. There was only one question just then which interested him, and he could read its answer in Catherine's face. "I'll tie up the horse and come in wi' you," said he. "Maybe I'd best wait and explain it to her." __________ Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury. Transcriber's Note This transcription is based on a set of images digitized by Google from a copy made available by the New York Public Library and posted by Google at: https://books.google.com/books?id=MqUiAAAAMAAJ The same set of images are also posted by the HathiTrust Digital Library at: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008665603 The cover image is courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The following changes were made to the printed text: -- p. 26: speaking to the newly baptzied persons--Changed "baptzied" to "baptized". -- p. 30: as the sense of justice in in the weak so often is--Deleted the second "in". -- p. 83: and maybe I'll give it you for nothin.'--Moved the apostrophe before the period. -- p. 86: on the pavement towards the western entrance to the town--Added a period at the end of the sentence. -- p. 88: The night afore the wedding Heber brought her to our house 'an knocked me out o' my bed--Changed "'an" (for "and") to "an'". -- p. 114: an' Mrs. Jones oldin' 'im so as 'e couldn't be sprawlin' over the 'orse's tail.--Added an apostrophe at the beginning of "oldin'". -- p. 160: she knew that he went on Thursdays to Langarth--Changed "Langarth" to "Llangarth". -- p. 172: "I live wi' Mrs. Cockshow," she faltered. She's at the market."--Added an opening double quotation mark before "She's". -- p. 172: he held her back, He took no notice of the outburst--Changed the comma after "back" to a period. Alternate spellings within the text, such as "by-lane"/"bylane" and "toll-house"/"tollhouse," have been preserved.