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The
reserved
rustic
road
was
presently
joined
by
a
shy
little
brother
in
the
shape
of
a
canal
,
which
took
its
hand
and
ambled
along
by
its
side
in
perfect
confidence
,
but
with
the
same
tongue-tied
,
uncommunicative
attitude
towards
strangers
.
"
Bother
them
!
"
said
Toad
to
himself
.
"
But
,
anyhow
,
one
thing
's
clear
.
They
must
both
be
coming
from
somewhere
,
and
going
to
somewhere
.
You
ca
n't
get
over
that
,
Toad
,
my
boy
!
"
So
he
marched
on
patiently
by
the
water
's
edge
.
Round
a
bend
in
the
canal
came
plodding
a
solitary
horse
,
stooping
forward
as
if
in
anxious
thought
.
From
rope
traces
attached
to
his
collar
stretched
a
long
line
,
taut
,
but
dipping
with
his
stride
,
the
further
part
of
it
dripping
pearly
drops
.
Toad
let
the
horse
pass
,
and
stood
waiting
for
what
the
fates
were
sending
him
.
With
a
pleasant
swirl
of
quiet
water
at
its
blunt
bow
the
barge
slid
up
alongside
of
him
,
its
gaily
painted
gunwale
level
with
the
towing-path
,
its
sole
occupant
a
big
stout
woman
wearing
a
linen
sun-bonnet
,
one
brawny
arm
laid
along
the
tiller
.
"
A
nice
morning
,
ma'am
!
"
she
remarked
to
Toad
,
as
she
drew
up
level
with
him
.
"
I
dare
say
it
is
,
ma'am
!
"
responded
Toad
politely
,
as
he
walked
along
the
tow-path
abreast
of
her
.
"
I
dare
say
it
is
a
nice
morning
to
them
that
's
not
in
sore
trouble
,
like
what
I
am
.
Here
's
my
married
daughter
,
she
sends
off
to
me
post-haste
to
come
to
her
at
once
;
so
off
I
comes
,
not
knowing
what
may
be
happening
or
going
to
happen
,
but
fearing
the
worst
,
as
you
will
understand
,
ma'am
,
if
you
're
a
mother
,
too
.
And
I
've
left
my
business
to
look
after
itself
--
I
'm
in
the
washing
and
laundering
line
,
you
must
know
,
ma'am
--
and
I
've
left
my
young
children
to
look
after
themselves
,
and
a
more
mischievous
and
troublesome
set
of
young
imps
does
n't
exist
,
ma'am
;
and
I
've
lost
all
my
money
,
and
lost
my
way
,
and
as
for
what
may
be
happening
to
my
married
daughter
,
why
,
I
do
n't
like
to
think
of
it
,
ma'am
!
"
"
Where
might
your
married
daughter
be
living
,
ma'am
?
"
asked
the
barge-woman
.
"
She
lives
near
to
the
river
,
ma'am
,
"
replied
Toad
.
"
Close
to
a
fine
house
called
Toad
Hall
,
that
's
somewheres
hereabouts
in
these
parts
.
Perhaps
you
may
have
heard
of
it
.
"
"
Toad
Hall
?
Why
,
I
'm
going
that
way
myself
,
"
replied
the
barge-woman
.
"
This
canal
joins
the
river
some
miles
further
on
,
a
little
above
Toad
Hall
;
and
then
it
's
an
easy
walk
.
You
come
along
in
the
barge
with
me
,
and
I
'll
give
you
a
lift
.
"
