A journey to nature . 46. CHAPTER IV HAYING TIME THE two human beings who had come tomy assistance in my exile were admirablyadapted to carry out the Doctors I have already said, Gabe Hotchkiss splitmy wood and brought the supplies up from thevillage twice a week in his farm-wagon, and hisniece Griselle came dancing o*er the flowery leaevery morning like Aurora to cook my eggs andbacon. They both regarded my domesticationwith a small boy in that hut with respectful won-der, and I often saw them with their headstogether comparing some fresh discovery andtrying to get a new light on my


A journey to nature . 46. CHAPTER IV HAYING TIME THE two human beings who had come tomy assistance in my exile were admirablyadapted to carry out the Doctors I have already said, Gabe Hotchkiss splitmy wood and brought the supplies up from thevillage twice a week in his farm-wagon, and hisniece Griselle came dancing o*er the flowery leaevery morning like Aurora to cook my eggs andbacon. They both regarded my domesticationwith a small boy in that hut with respectful won-der, and I often saw them with their headstogether comparing some fresh discovery andtrying to get a new light on my mystery. I wasevidently beyond their mental processes. I wasundoubtedly a gentleman, and might be a million-naire doing penance, but there was no reason whya gentleman might not be a crank, or perhaps acounterfeiter. In any case, I was legitimate preyfor the rustic appetite. They treated me with adiscreet obeisance that no familiarity on my part 47 A JOURNEY TO NATURE could break through. There the mental pro-cesses stop


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