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Enoch want to do that for! Sure me, Dinas is as much as he can manage.” “Is not that what Job did say?” spoke Katto. “Dinas is a fairish farm,” said Deio. “Out of his old head is Enoch to leave it.” “Sad is Enoch’s lot,” said Katto. “A high female is his wife. And an unprofitable madam is the female.”

“Iss, iss,” said Deio. “She is a burden on the place. Where is the sense now in Enoch keeping a wife and a servant?” “Enoch is head-stiff,” said Katto. “Did not every one tell him before he married that he would have to keep a servant? For why, dear me, did the iob marry such a useless woman? What is the matter with the female? She brought with her nothing to Dinas.”

“Look you at the wife of Tydu,” said Deio gravely. “Isn’t she a sampler?” “She’s as useful as a male about the place,” added Katto. “And she works