Libby didn’t mind because she was often at High Bowie herself when she was not helping her mother with calves or hens. She loved looking after Mimi and Mary appreciated her help. Sometimes Willie brought Billy into the house to join them for the midday meal or afternoon tea if Libby was there. They often walked part of the way home together. He answered her eager questions willingly and told her about his life as a student. ‘I am going back to work on the farm in Yorkshire for most of the summer holidays,’ he said the day before he returned to college at the end of the Easter holiday. He was too preoccupied taking in the well-loved landscape to see Libby’s disappointment. ‘I think I should enjoy going to Agricultural College,’ she said. Billy turned and stared at her. ‘Why would you want to do that? I thought you were going to teach children.’ ‘I never said that!’ ‘Well you’re very good with Mimi.
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