mrs. norris had been too well employed to move faster ; for the housekeeper had taken her to the dairy , told her all about their cows , and given her the recipe for a famous cream cheese ; and they had met the gardener , with whom she had made a most satisfactory acquaintance , for she had set him right as to his grandson 's illness , and he had shown her his choicest plants , and presented her with a specimen of heath .