, Mr. Low's and Mr. Evans's, were all in a bustle, and
everybody was pleased at the changes which were coming. Even Bernard,
after he had roared, and cried, and sulked for the first two days, had
altered his manner, and taken up the behaviour of Harry in the old
spelling-book--what we may call the don't-care behaviour--for, as he
told nurse, if his father did not love him enough to take the trouble
of him in the voyage he was taking, he did not care, not he; he should
be very happy at home without him. He should cry no more: he wondered
why he cried at first, for he had not cared all the while; and so he
went whistling about the house the tune of the 'Jolly Miller' which he
had heard Ralph sing:

"'There was a jolly miller once
Lived on the River Dee;
He work'd and sang from morn till night,
No man so blithe as he.

"'And this the burden of his song
For ever used to be--
I care for nobody, no, not I,
And nobody cares for me.'

"Bernard, however, did not let his father hear him whistling this tune,
nor did he say, 'I don't care,' before him.

"The Monday following that in which he had walked with Lucilla was the
day fixed for the many changes. Very early in the morning, nurse's son
brought a donkey for his mother. The old woman cried, and said she
should have no peace till she came back again, and told Mrs. Low that
she was sure she should never live in comfort with her son's wife Joan.
She kissed Bernard twenty times, and begged him to come and see her;
and Bernard did his best not to cry. There was an early breakfast, but
nobody sat at the table two minutes together; something was to be done
every moment. Mr. Low walked in and out five or six times. The
housemaid and the cook came in to say good-bye; they were going to walk
to their homes; and Ralph was to go with his sister, the cook. People,
too, were coming with packages from Mr. Evans's, and the bustle kept
Bernard from thinking very deeply on what was going to happen; and yet
he could not eat his breakfast, nor whistle, for he was not in his
usual spirits.

"At length the chaise came from the inn, and the trunks were brought
down to be fastened on.

"Bernard placed himself at the window to look at what was being done
without; and again he felt the same choking he had had on the hill.

"He heard his mother say, 'When shall we start, my dear?' and his
father answer, 'In less than half an hour.' He saw hi