pie, or mixture of potatoes and meat, was served up, which

the week, and in the performance of which duty he felt more proud

and pleased, than if he had been the clergyman himself.

In the morning, Oliver would be a-foot by six o'clock, roaming

the fields, and plundering the hedges, far and wide, for nosegays

of wild flowers, with which he would return laden, home; and

which it took great care and consideration to arrange, to the

best advantage, for the embellishment of the breakfast-table.

There was fresh groundsel, too, for Miss Maylie's birds, with

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