CHAPTER VII.
THE SIFTING OF THE EVIDENCE.
My first care was to see to the improvement of the place. To Bashipolo, my senior employé, was left the matter of attending to the trees, flowers, vegetables, and cereals of all kinds, also the purchasing of animals to stock the land. I found that he was quite at home in working and managing a small estate, and as he was a most honest and truthful fellow, I afterwards became much attached to him.
Illilippli, the manager of my household affairs, was equally well versed in his branch, and things progressed smoothly enough at Raveria.
Having thus attended to outdoor matters, before very long I found myself poring over my books, with no anxieties about the present, and no cares about the future. This was well, for any one who has mental work to do cannot hope to achieve much success if he have any interruptions or annoyances.
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