lected them herſelf, and perhaps it would be difficult to find ſuch another Set of Scarecrows.
The next Step was to examine among the Inhabitants of the Pariſh; and this was referred to Mrs. Wilkins, who was to enquire with all imaginable Diligence, and to make her Report in the Afternoon.
Matters being thus ſettled, Mr. Allworthy withdrew to his Study, as was his Cuſtom, and left the Child to his Siſter, who, at his Deſire, had undertaken the Care of it.
CHAP. V.
Containing a few common Matters, with a very uncommon Obſervation upon them.
When her Maſter was departed, Mrs. Deborah ſtood ſilent, expecting her Cue from Miſs Bridget; for as to what had paſt before her Maſter, the prudent Houſekeeper by no means relied upon it, as ſhe had often known the Sentiments of the Lady in her Brother’s Abſence to differ greatly from thoſe which ſhe had expreſſed in his
