"Come, come," he said; "at your age you can afford to wait a few days,
if it is for your good. There, wait and see, and I'll be plain with
you; if they do not find you something better to do, I'll take you on
here at once, and do the best I can for you, as far as teaching you to
be a gardener goes."
"O, thank you, sir!" I cried.
"Wait a bit," he said quietly, "wait a bit. There I'm going to be very
busy; I've got a cart to load. So now suppose you be off."
I shook hands with him and walked away surprised and pleased, but at the
same time disappointed, and as I neared the end of the big loft I heard
two or three more baskets come rattling down.