Tom Heron of Sax - A Story of the Evangelical Revival of the Eighteenth Century #270822

Tap, tap, tap, went the young blacksmith's hammer, driving the long nails with faultless precision into the hind foot of the nag which he was holding between his knees. He glanced up sideways at his questioner, and said, Even, Luke. Thee canst wait till I've done, if thee hast anything to say. Whoa, lad! Steady; so, boy, so!'