`` It 'd only be right for her cousin to give her a home there . '' Christopher shook his head . `` No , I understand they 're not on very good terms . Sara do n't like Charles Stuart or his wife -- and I do n't blame her . She wo n't stay there , not likely . Probably she 'll go and live in town . Strange she never married . She was reckoned handsome , and had plenty of beaus at one time . '' Jeffrey swung out of the group and started homeward with his dog . To stand by and hear Sara Stuart discussed after this fashion was more than he could endure . The men idly watched his tall , erect figure as he went along the valley . `` Queer chap , Jeff , '' said Alec Churchill reflectively . `` Jeff 's all right , '' said Christopher in a patronizing way . `` There ai n't a better man or neighbour alive . I 've lived next farm to him for thirty years , so I ought to know . But he 's queer sartainly -- not like other people -- kind of unsociable . He do n't care for a thing ` cept dogs and reading and mooning round woods and fields . That ai n't natural , you know . But I must say he 's a good farmer . He 's got the best farm in Bayside , and that 's a real nice house he put up on it .
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