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With a spasm in his throat Matt was about to ask what it was that was all over; but he was forestalled by old Malachi's wife, who, pushing her head through the staircase doorway into the room, cried: 'It's a lad, Matt, and a fine un an' o'! 'Hang th' lad! cried Matt; 'how's Miriam? 'Come and see for thisel; hoo's bin waitin' for thee this hawve haar.
Here, too, poor woman, she was unconsciously giving offence, for on entering she had knelt down in prayer, Old Clogs declaring that 'hoo were on her knees three minutes and a hawve, by th' chapel clock; while at the conclusion of the service, after the congregation were on their feet in noisy exit, her devotional attitude led others to brand her both as a 'ritual' and a 'papist.
"I think somebody ought to do something to that fellaw I really do, don't yer know." "Suppose you try to see what you can do with him," grinned Tad Horner. "You ought to be able to do something." "Aw really you will hawve to excuse me!" exclaimed Willis in alarm. "I hawdly think I could match his low cunning, don't yer understand." "Oh, yes, I understand," nodded Horner, significantly.
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