_Bridget:_
You mean to-morrow?
_Elizabeth:_
At the meeting, yes.
_Bridget:_
But he must do it. Why, the people have fished and kept cattle there
longer than any one can remember. Who is an Earl of Bedford to take it
away from them? I know I would let my head be broken first.
_Elizabeth:_
It is said that the King gave leave.
_Bridget:_
Then the King gave what wasn't his to give.
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
Now, child, don't you encourage your father, too. He's eager enough
without that.
_Bridget:_
But I must, grandmother. There's too much of this kind of interference
everywhere. Father says that Cousin John Hampden says--
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
And that's three of you in one house. And this young Mr. Ireton has
ideas, too, I believe.
_Bridget:_
Mr. Ireton is twenty-eight.
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
That accounts for it.
_Bridget:_
You don't think they just ought to be allowed to take the common away,
do you, grandmother?
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
It makes no matter what I think.
_Bridget:_
Of course you don't. None of us do. We couldn't.
_Elizabeth:_
You mustn't tease your grandmother, Bridget.
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
She's a very old lady, and can't speak for herself.
_Bridget:_
I meant no ill manners, grandmother.
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