He is so forgetful . '' `` I 'd lengthen his memory , then , if I were you , '' returned Harrington grimly , supposing that Bobbles was the hired man . `` I 'm not going to have my garden ruined just because he happens to be forgetful . I am speaking my mind plainly , madam . If you ca n't keep your stock from being a nuisance to other people you ought not to try to run a farm at all . '' Then did Mrs. Hayden sit down upon the doorstep and burst into tears . Harrington felt , as Sarah King would have expressed it , `` every which way at once . '' Here was a nice mess ! What a nuisance women were -- worse than the pigs ! `` Oh , do n't cry , Mrs. Hayden , '' he said awkwardly . `` I did n't mean -- well , I suppose I spoke too strongly . Of course I know you did n't mean to let the pigs in . There , do stop crying ! I beg your pardon if I 've hurt your feelings . '' `` Oh , it is n't that , '' sobbed Mrs. Hayden , wiping away her tears . `` It 's only -- I 've tried so hard -- and everything seems to go wrong . I make such mistakes . As for your garden , sir . I 'll pay for the damage my pigs have done if you 'll let me know what it comes to . '' She sobbed again and caught her breath like a grieved child .
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