`` Mrs. Palmer has told me things about you , '' she added . `` Curiosity knows no gender , '' hinted Murray . `` She said you were good-looking and lazy and different from other people . '' `` All compliments , '' said Murray in a gratified tone . `` Lazy ? '' `` Certainly . Laziness is a virtue in these strenuous days , I was not born with it , but I have painstakingly acquired it , and I am proud of my success . I have time to enjoy life . '' `` I think that I like you , '' said Mollie . `` You have the merit of being able to enter into a situation , '' he assured her . When the last Jersey was milked they carried the pails down to the spring where the creamers were sunk and strained the milk into them . Murray washed the pails and Mollie wiped them and set them in a gleaming row on the shelf under a big maple . `` Thank you , '' she said . `` You are not going yet , '' said Murray resolutely . `` The time I saved you in milking three cows belongs to me . We will spend it in a walk along the pond shore . I will show you a path I have discovered under the beeches . It is just wide enough for two . Come . '' He took her hand and drew her through the copse into a green lane , where the ferns grew thickly on either side and the pond waters plashed dreamily below them .
He kept her hand in his as they went down the XXXXX , and she did not try to withdraw it .
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