Roughing It In The Bush, By Susanna Moodie











































































































































 -  B - -, on his side, was not slow in playing into Q - -'s hand
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B - -, On His Side, Was Not Slow In Playing Into Q - -'s Hand On These Occasions, And Without Being At All Suspected Of Collusion.

In the evening, Mr. B - - would walk into the public room of the tavern, apparently fatigued with his exertions through the day; fling himself carelessly on a sofa, and unbutton his gaiters and the knees of his small-clothes.

He took little notice of anybody unless he was spoken to, and his whole demeanour seemed to say, as plainly as words, "I care for nobody, nobody cares for me." This was just the kind of man for Q - -. He instantly saw that he would be an invaluable ally and coadjutor, without seeming to be so. When B - - made his appearance in the evening, Q - - was seldom at the tavern, for his time had not yet come. In the meanwhile, B - - was sure to be drawn gradually into conversation by some emigrants, who, seeing that he was a practical farmer, would be desirous of getting his opinion respecting certain farms which they thought of purchasing. There was such an appearance of blunt simplicity of character about him, that most of these inquirers thought he was forgetting his own interest in telling them so much as he did. In the course of conversation, he would mention several farms he had been looking at with the intention of purchasing, and he would particularly mention some one of them as possessing extraordinary advantages, but which had some one disadvantage which rendered it ineligible for him; such as being too small, a circumstance which, in all probability, would recommend it to another description of settler.

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