They went in a procession
of three, with Cephas marching ahead like a general, across the yard,
and Sylvia and Hannah stood at a window watching them.
"Well," said Hannah Berry, "all I've got to say is I'm thankful I
'ain't got a man like that, an' you ought to be mighty thankful you
'ain't got any man at all, Sylvy Crane."
Chapter III
When Cephas Barnard and his wife and daughter turned into the main
road and came in sight of the new house, not one of them appeared to
even glance at it, yet they all saw at once that there were no
workmen about, and they also saw Barnabas himself ploughing with a
white horse far back in a field at the left of it.
[Illustration: "They came in sight of the house"]
They all kept on silently. Charlotte paled a little when she caught
sight of Barney, but her face was quite steady. "Hold your dress up a
little higher; the grass is terrible wet," her mother whispered once,
and that was all that any of them said until they reached home.
Charlotte went at once up-stairs to her own chamber, took off her
purple gown, and hung it up in her closet, and got out a common one.
The purple gown was part of her wedding wardrobe, and she had worn it
in advance with some misgivings. "I dunno but you might jest as well
wear it a few Sundays," her mother had said; "you're goin' to have
your silk dress to come out bride in.
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