Grantley Grange: benedicts and bachelors . What fishes these fellows are at cyder,as they call it! said Johnson, as they wentback to the study. 56 WINTER SCENERY. Yes, said Archer; they are; and yetit seldom touches them or hurts them. Too used to it, I suppose, said John-son; as they pay wages in part with itBut it cannot be strong ? 0, no, said Archer; or there would beno work in them. No M^onder, then, when that fellow getsa drop of good, he should want to hang atit. He will stand a hint, said Johnson. And must take it too, said Archer, orI shall start him. What a county it is for sayings,J
Grantley Grange: benedicts and bachelors . What fishes these fellows are at cyder,as they call it! said Johnson, as they wentback to the study. 56 WINTER SCENERY. Yes, said Archer; they are; and yetit seldom touches them or hurts them. Too used to it, I suppose, said John-son; as they pay wages in part with itBut it cannot be strong ? 0, no, said Archer; or there would beno work in them. No M^onder, then, when that fellow getsa drop of good, he should want to hang atit. He will stand a hint, said Johnson. And must take it too, said Archer, orI shall start him. What a county it is for sayings,John! If you heard them all, said Archer,you would say so. In sayings, proverbs,old customs, and superstitions, they beatall people I ever came near. From what I have heard since I havebeen in the county, I should think theydo, said Johnson. Are they a sober lot?said he. BINNS THE BASKET-MAN. 57 Yes, very sober as a rule, said Archer,*and all good-hearted. I dont know anydistrict where you would mend them. Thats right, then, said CHAPTER III. TWILIGHT MUSINGS—WARNE THE HUNTSMAN. * For we care not for falls, as we heed not hard knocks,So we can but be in at the death of the fox ! The death of the fox, the death of the fox,So we can but be in at the death of the fox! It looks like the deatli of the fox, doesit not? said Burton, as Johnson and Ar-cher were busy painting; and he ceasedto drum on the window-panes of the studio,where it faced to the garden and the fields,that, adjoining the Elm-tree-walk, madesuch a welcome bit of greenery at othertimes for those who were strolling there. For the Ions: avenue was one of thefavourite walks of the townspeople, as theyalways got such a nice breeze in it; and itwas shady and cool in the summer; and ithad plenty of flickering lights and soft WARNE THE HUNTSMAN. 59 shadows about it, and lots of rustle, up inthe old elm-boughs, when the wind blewthrough them, and sent their thin greenleaves shimmering to the seats that wereunder
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