... directed on the mouth of the shaft, and Tom Smale drove his lorry alongside to add more light. The men looked Tessa, uneasy at her presence, but sorry for her white, strained face. She knew them all. Ben Northy, Tom Smale's two sons, and Reap, the father of ...

... back like all the others. He won't, said Tessa, her face suddenly serious, have to look for work like all the others. Tom Smale's job has been filled, the Cokers are homeless, so are the Northeys. And Stinky has that enormous house and won't live in ...

... tbagedt. It was in the summer time, when a number of the boys ' happened to be in Dublin, including Irving, Montague, Tom Smale—a desperately earnest fellow, who deeply attached to his friend Montague—Tom Thome, and few others. One lovely sunny morning ...

... floor. Something's happened ! Tessa said, and sprang up and ran out of the room. Seth was getting into his coat, and Tom Smale stood waiting for him, rubbing his cold hands together. Rosa was lifting a kettle of hot water off the stove and pouring ...

... best thing in the world, Rosa told them. You only worry Miss Abby just now, and her's better alone with me, poor dear. Tom Smale will come over and see to the ponies. She packed a suitcase for them and put them in Max's car, with a sigh of relief. Tessa ...

... evening came again they were all less strained. The inquest puzzled Tessa. It seemed strange to her that familiar friends like Tom Smale and Ben Northy and Reap from the Post Office should be gathered together to determine how her father had died. She gave her ...