"Guess why," said the farmer.
And will you believe it, none of them could guess.
"Because it was flooded," said the farmer. "In winter it's often just a
great lake, from the railway at the foot of our garden right to the
Marlcliff Hills."
And so Moses (with a beautiful new shoe) was put into the shafts again, and
they went gently over the soft green meadows to the weir, and there they
had their supper, and explored the mill and the shaggy wood overhanging it,
and rowed a little in a very safe boat, and stood on the little bridges,
and watched the rushing water, and then walked slowly beside the still
stream higher up as the light began to fade, and surprised the water-rats
feeding or gossiping on the banks--none of which things could they have
done had Moses had the poor sense to retain his near fore-shoe.
CHAPTER 14
THE ADVENTURE OF THE LITTLE OLD LADY
They left the weir very early the next morning, after a breakfast from the
cold ham which Mrs. Avory had bought them at Stratford. On their way
through the village they stopped at Salford Hall, because Hester and
Gregory had had an argument as to whether or not it was possible to hear
the breathing of the person in the hiding-hole.
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