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An' wuth thot what does she do but call the next one Samuel, an' hum only three when he fell un tull the tub o' hot watter an' was plain cooked tull death. Ut all come, I tell you, o' her wucked- headed an' foolush stubbornness. For a Samuel she must hov; an' ut was the death of the four of her sons.
An' when he was lost ot sea off the Cape, dudna she break all laws o' nature tull hov a fourth? She was forty-seven, I'm tellun' ye, an' she hod a child ot forty-seven. Thunk on ut! Ot forty-seven! Ut was fair scand'lous."
Ut was plain murder o' the lives o' all of us, for ut was no the time for the buggest shup afloat tull be runnun'. Run? Never hov I seen the like! Ut was beyond all thunkun', an' me goun' tull sea, boy an' men, for forty year. I tell you ut was fair awesome.
Sure I'll hov ter shpake ter her, and I don't want ter, but she risks anything." Throwing up the window she shouted: "Hi! Miss Gwen! Coom down off'n there, 'fore ye do be gittin' a big fall!" Gwen turned and made an outrageous face, thus giving proof of her sweetness. "Coom doon!" shouted the cook, but Gwen only giggled and remained exactly where she was.
"'No, ut dud not, says he, 'but ut was a clear night wuth the moon a-showun'. "'Ye seem tull know your buzz'ness, says I. 'But let me tell ye thot I know my buzz'ness uz well, an' thot I'm no a-lookun' for lighters wuthout lights. Uf ye thunk ye hov a case, go ahead. The steward will show ye out. Guid day. "An' thot was the end o' ut. But ut wull show ye what a puir fellow thot mate was.
Atween you an' me, sir, an' ye are untellugent-lookun' tull the eye, would the name hov made ut onyways dufferent? Would the washun' no be done thot day uf he hod been Larry or Michael? Would hot watter no be hot, an' would hot watter no burn uf he hod hod ony other name but Samuel?" I acknowledged the justice of her contention, and she went on. "Do a wee but of a name change the plans o' God?
I've savun' consuderable these days, though pickun's uz no what they used to be, an' we hov a tidy nest-egg laid by. I wull see the father an' hove the money ready tull hus hond, so uf I'm ot sea he can buy whenever the land offers." He rubbed the frosted moisture from the inside of the window and peered out at the pouring rain, through which he could discern nothing.
'Ho yes sir, we're beginning to make a bit hov a show now, sir, replied Crass, speaking as if he had a hot potato in his mouth. 'Mr Rushton isn't here yet, I suppose? 'No, sir: 'e don't horfun come hon the job hin the mornin, sir; 'e generally comes hafternoons, sir, but Mr 'Unter's halmost sure to be 'ere presently, sir.
"I wull see the father," he said, "an' hov the money ready tull hus hond so uf I'm ot sea when the land offers he wull no muss the chance tull buy. An' then the owners can guv me the sack uz soon uz they like. Ut will be all night un, an' I wull be wuth you, Annie, an' the sea can go tull hell." Happiness was in both their faces at the prospect, and for a moment both saw the same vision of peace.
"'Wich I'm much hobleeged to you for the name, an' the good advice you give the master, stirrin' hov 'im hup against a lone, friendless widow, wat's slaved an' worked this six years come St. Michaelmas. "Mr.
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