It is a curious fact, however, that, although most of the people in the village ofAshford seemed to agree with Mrs Grumbit in her opinion of Martin, there werevery few of them who did not smile cheerfully on the child when they met him, andsay, "Good day, lad!" as heartily as if they thought him the best boy in the place. Noone seemed to bear Martin Rattler ill-will, notwithstanding his alleged badness.Men laughed when they said he was a bad boy,...