He brought home a wife one day who could read
German; joined the County Archaeological Society, and wrote a paper
on the discoveries made when the railway station was built on what
was supposed to be an ancient British encampment. For Cowfold was to
become an important junction on the new line to the north, and Mr.
Bushel's death had been accelerated by vexation through seeing a
survey carried across his own fields.
As for Mrs. Broad and Tryphosa, they left Cowfold and went into
Lancashire, to be near uncle Flavel. George, notwithstanding the new
doctrine in Latimer Chapel and the improvement in the Cowfold
atmosphere, was restless, and before the revolution just described
was completed, had been entirely overcome with a desire to emigrate
with his child. His father and mother not only did not oppose, but
decided to accompany. Mr. Allen had saved money, and though he and
his wife were getting on in years, there was nothing in either of
them of that subsidence into indifferent sloth which is the great
mistake of advancing age. Both were keen in their desire to know the
last new thing, eager to recognise the last new truth, forgetful of
the past, dwelling in the present, and, consequently, they remained
young.
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