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There was twa besides mysel' in the kitchen, the cook Eliza, and Mary the hoosemaid, puir, benighted beings baith o' them, wha had wasted a' their lives in London, and kenned leetle aboot the warld or the ways o' the flesh. I hadna muckle tae say to them, for they were simple folk who could scarce understand English, and had hardly mair regard for their ain souls than the tods on the moor.
"Her name's Mason," said I; "Mary Mason." "I h'ard yer wife was thinkin' o' keepin' a hoosemaid, but I didna expeck tae see her pap hersel' doon at the table wi' the fem'ly." "She's not a housemaid. She's just staying with us for a while." "Ye'd think Eesabell micht hae eneugh adae wi' her ain, 'thoot takin' in ony strangers."
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