"
"Father, that is all past now. We must settle our quarrels in the
appointed way. Don't say anything to discourage Mr. Allen. Besides,
people are not so immovable as you think. How they alter I don't
know; but they do alter. There is a much larger minority in favour
of Free Trade than there was ten years ago."
"All past now, is it? You will see one of these days."
It was time for tea, and Pauline left to get the tea-things. In the
evening they strolled out for a walk through Barnsbury and up Maiden
Lane, then a real and pretty lane stretching north-westwards through
hedges to Highgate. After they had gone a few hundred yards
Zachariah went back; he had forgotten something, and George and
Pauline walked on slowly together. The street was crowded, for it
was just about church time, but on the opposite side of the road
George saw somebody whom he knew, but who took no notice of him.
"How odd!" he said to Pauline; "that is Tom Broad! What is he doing
here, I wonder?"
Pauline made no answer, and at that moment Zachariah rejoined them.
The reason for Mr. Thomas Broad's appearance in that quarter will be
best explained by the following letter, which he had received the day
before from his father:-
"My Dear Thomas,--I was very glad to hear of your success at Mr.
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