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'But no wild man's going to treat my boy like anall'Pin Mary's eyes was the look Ikey had come to knowand he realised nothing would dissuade her. You're just enough of an old fool to do it. 'You!' Tommo said, pointing to a skinny urchin who vas dressed in rags with great holes showing through,5me and whisper your name. He hadto wait before he observed a boy leave the' in an old coat that fell to beyond his knees, the(foiled up to fit his scrawny arms, bare feet show-raggedtrousers.

'Cheer'o, mister,' the boy shouted back. He kept low over his horse, an unnecessary precaution, for the running herd threw up so much dust that he could not have seen ten feet in front of him even if it had been daylight. If that jug's for rent I'll rent a swig, he said. He thought for a moment, then added,'You cannot even work at a market garden as it is forbiddenfor you to own property.