Watford had been detained by business on the farm.
Miss Watford received me as kindly as before; Mimi, too, seemed glad to see me.
Mr. Watford, Mr. Salton, and Sir Nathaniel were all concerned in the issue, partly from kindness of heart--for none of them could see suffering, even of wild birds, unmoved--and partly on account of their property, which had to be protected, or ruin would stare them in the face before long.