Who is in there with you ? '' `` Ted is . He 's littler than me . But I wo n't come out . I do n't like you . G'way home . '' Harrington obeyed . He went home and to work in his garden . But work as hard as he would , he could not forget Mary Hayden 's grieved face . `` I was a brute ! '' he thought . `` Why could n't I have mentioned the matter gently ? I daresay she has enough to trouble her . Confound those pigs ! '' * * * * * After that there was a time of calm . Evidently something had been done to Bobbles ' memory or perhaps Mrs. Hayden attended to the gate herself . At all events the pigs were not seen and Harrington 's garden blossomed like the rose . But Harrington himself was in a bad state . For one thing , wherever he looked he saw the mental picture of his neighbour 's tired , sweet face and the tears in her blue eyes . The original he never saw , which only made matters worse .
He wondered what opinion she had XXXXX him and decided that she must think him a cross old bear .
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