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Well ! we shall soon see . He comes to-night , you say ? ` Tis not above six o'clock by the sun , and the Wantage coach do n't come in till seven . Even if they lend him a horse and cart at the Nag 's Head , he ca n't be here these two hours . So I shall just see the ten acre field cleared , and be home time enough to shake him by the hand if he comes like a man , or to kick him out of doors if he looks like a dandy . '' And off strode the stout yeoman in his clouted shoes , his leather gaiters , and smockfrock , and a beard -LRB- it was Friday -RRB- of six days ' growth ; looking altogether prodigiously like a man who would keep his word .