One day when Louise and Arthur stopped at the farm, Mollie ran out with an eager face to say that Friday was her birthday and the Sizers were to give a grand party to celebrate it.

A note appended to this letter, presumably by Telfair, reads: "Friday is the house servant sent to Retreat every summer.

The theory of the Sunday was accepted, but that day was not chosen and Friday was preferred: meetings for worship were held in imitation of Christian practice, but attempts to sanctify the day and to proclaim it a day of rest were forbidden: except for the performance of divine service, Friday was an ordinary week-day.

"Friday is her night, but she came yesterday instead.

But as to his attributes, poor Friday was an utter stranger.