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An' I thought hoo coom along, lookin' fro' one side to t'other, as if hoo were seechin' soombry; an' I said, 'Here I am, mother. An' hoo stood a moment, an' smiled. An' then I see her goin' up, up reet into th' leet; an' then I wakkened. Eh, Mrs. Francis, dunnot ye think dunnot ye raly think as th' Lord sent me that dream to comfort me?
If thaa'd bin like me thaa'd hev no doubts abaat a devil. I've felt him in me, an' I've felt him tak' howd o' me and do as he'd a mind wi' me. One day, when they'd crossed mi name off th' Rehoboth register, and th' missus were sobbin' fit to break her heart, aw coom across th' owd flute as aw were rootin' in a box for some medicine. There it lay, long forgetten.
Sharp's narrative, felt himself urged to his strongest interjection, 'it's what I shouldn't ha' looked for from Sir Cristhifer an' my ledy, to bring a furrin child into the coonthry; an' depend on't, whether you an' me lives to see't or noo, it'll coom to soom harm.
Ay, I wish we wur safe at home. Better less wage an' more safety. Yo'd niwer ha' coom if yo'd listened to me." "Howd thy tongue, mother," said Bess, but the words were not ungently spoken, notwithstanding their bluntness. "Dunnot let us mak' it worse than it need be. Seth, lad, eat thy breakfast." But there was little breakfast eaten.
But when he saw her standing before him with her head bent down like a moss-rosebud wilting in the sun, when he met her timid, deprecating glance, his soft heart relented instantly, and coming toward her he said: "An' ha' ye coom to see ould Malcom at last? What ha' I dune that I suld be sae forgotten?" "You were not forgotten, Mr. McTrump.
My question remained so long unanswered, that I thought the old man had grown deaf, and repeated it louder. 'Na ay! he snarled, or rather screamed through his nose. 'Na ay! yah muh goa back whear yah coom frough. 'Joseph! cried a peevish voice, simultaneously with me, from the inner room. 'How often am I to call you? There are only a few red ashes now. Joseph! come this moment.
"Do ye mean this 'ere?" questioned Ted, hoisting the gander a little higher up under his arm. "Well, I cannot think whatever coom to the poor thing. Joe and me was goin' our ways along to Orme's when we heerd it give a kind of skrike out, and we looked round, and it were staggerin' along same as if it were fuddled, ye know, and all at once it give another skrike an' tumbled down aside o' th' road.
And as she sat there opposite Nelly, her gnarled and work-stained hands resting on her knees, the tears suddenly ran over her cheeks. But she quickly apologised for herself. 'The truth is I am run doon, Mrs. Sarratt. I've done nothing but cook and cook since these young men coom along. They wouldn't eat noa flesh soa I must always be cookin' summat vegetables or fish or sweet things.
"Doan't yo go too far on t' fells, missy. It's coomin' on to snaw, an it'll snaw aw neet. Lor bless yer, it's wild here i' winter. An when t' clouds coom down like yon " he pointed up the valley "even them as knaws t' fells from a chilt may go wrang." "Where does this path lead?" said Hester, absently.
Bit yo seem coom to an honest trade an Louie theer ha larnt a trade too, an addle't a bit money, an she's a fine-grown lass He turned a slow, searching look upon her, as though he were pleading a cause before some unseen judge. 'An theer's yor money, Davy. It's aw th' same, a'm thinkin, whether yo get it fro me or fro Mr. Gurney. An here
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