"Barrows!" She suddenly singled out one of the Cornish officials.
One of the men stepped forward respectfully and removed his hat.
"I was fearing you had forgotten me, Miss Varris!" the man murmured.
"Not after the way you checked my horse that time when he started to bolt! I did not see you at first among the others. That was all."
"Thank you, Miss."
"You are the sheriff still for this part of Cornwall?"
"Yes, Miss. The deputy, Miss."
"You have known me and my mother for some time?"
"You, for full five years, Miss; and Mrs. Varris, sir," he turned to the Plymouth inspector, now comprehending the reason of his being called forward, "we all of us here in Polporru have known for full ten years. She has been coming every summer or so for full that time, sir, for a week or so to visit at Mr.
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