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Matilda was much interested . ` It will make it very lively for us , ' he added , ` especially as John is there . ' She thought so too , and thus they chatted on . Meanwhile Miller Loveday was expecting the pair with interest ; and about five o'clock , after repeated outlooks , he saw two specks the size of caraway seeds on the far line of ridge where the sunlit white of the road met the blue of the sky . Then the remainder parts of Bob and his lady became visible , and then the whole vehicle , end on , and he heard the dry rattle of the wheels on the dusty road . Miller Loveday 's plan , as far as he had formed any , was that Robert and his wife should live with him in the millhouse until Mrs. Garland made up her mind to join him there ; in which event her present house would be made over to the young couple . Upon all grounds , he wished to welcome becomingly the woman of his son 's choice , and came forward promptly as they drew up at the door .