Grace sets Tom Tanner a Copy. 57

 May I see his writing-book ? "
 "An' surely, miss." So the old copy-book
was brought down, and its wide, straggling
penmanship inspected.
 "Do you think, Mrs. Tanner, Tom would
like me to set him a copy? I'm pretty sure
I could do him a good one."
 Bless you, Miss Grace, he'd be proud,
an' he'd try his best, I'll answer, to copy
your'n. He'll be quite too high when he finds
a lady like you a-writing in his poor book."
 Oh, I shall like doing it. Have you a
pen and ink ?"
 The penny bottle of ink was brought from
the mantelshelf, and an old pen, after much
hunting, was found, and Grace, after some
deliberation, penned in bold text hand the
well-known adage, "Time waits for no man."
When it was finished, Mrs. Tanner held it
up admiringly, saying-
 Thank yer kindly, miss. Tom'll be ever
so pleased when he sees this."
 "Which church do you go to, Mrs. Tanner?"
 "I'm but a poor body for church, miss.
It's a goodish way down to Edmund's (St.
Edmund's), and that's the nearest. Tanner
he can't mind ,he child while I'm gone, for
she won't be good wi' him, and I's feared