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 "And pray how came you to have any conversation with him?" enquired Olivia.

"Why one day, Mam'selle, about a fortnight after I had first noticed him, as he was passing the cottage, he appeared very much fatigued; so I asked him, for I was sitting before the door at work, if he would be pleased to walk in and take some whey; he thanked me courteously, and accepted my invitation, and sat a good bit with me chatting, for all the world with as much affability as if he did not think himself a bit better than me; so, from that time, he seldom comes this way without giving me a call, and frequently takes whey and fruit in the cottage; for which, indeed, in spite of all I can say, he will always pay more than they are worth."

"Is it possible to get a glimpse of him?" asked Olivia.

"Dear heart yes, if you stay a little longer; this is about the time he generally returns to town, and he almost always descends by the path near this recess."