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He had stole Ben's overworker's brat and cap from t' room while Ben was drinking his tea, and Ben nivver missed it till Jerry Oddy asked where it was. At night I let him burn them i' my forge. I hev wanted to tell t' truth often; and I were sick as could be wi' swearing away Ben's life; indeed I were!" Before noon the village was in an uproar of excitement.
Hickathrift shook his head; Mrs Hickathrift screwed up her lips, shut her eyes, and shuddered; and the former doubled up his hard fist and shook it in the air, as if he were going to hit nothing, as he gave out his opinion this being also the opinion of all the labouring people near. "Ay, yow may laugh, Mester Dick, but they'll nivver find out nowt.
"At Carlisle, did you hear anything meet anybody?" she asked. "Baith," said Reuben, with a twinkle which was lost in the darkness. "I mean from Wythburn. Did you meet anybody from did you see Ralph or my father?" "Nowther." "Nor hear of them?" "No wait deary me, deary me, now 'at I mind it I nivver thought of it afore I heeard 'at a man had been had up at the Toon Hall and taken to the gaol.
Have her at your house to-morrow night at eight o'clock, and you must stick cross pins through the candle, as you have done for many a one before, to bring her lover thither by ten, and her fortune's made. And take this for your trouble." He extended his long finger and thumb toward her, with a guinea temptingly displayed. "I have nowt to do wi' thee. I nivver sid thee afoore.
"You're havin' a gol derned pile of fun with me," he said, sheepishly. "Wal, sail right in an' have it. I kin stand it." "Begobs! it's nivver a bit roight at all, at all," said a boy with a rich Irish brogue, and Barney Mulloy pushed his Dutch friend aside. "Av it's a soldier yure goin' to be, me b'y, it's instructions in military tictacks you nade.
But I've nivver seen Parrawhite from that day to this -nor heerd tell on him neither!" Eldrick and Byner looked at each other for a moment. Then the solicitor spoke quietly and with a significance which the agent understood. "Do you want to ask Mr. Pickard any questions?" he said. Byner nodded and turned to the landlord. "Did Parrawhite tell you where he was going to meet Pratt?" he asked.
He has thought o' them, or he would nivver hev spoke o' them; and he'll go to them, rather than not hev his own way. Even if he didn't, just as soon as he was squire, he'd manage it. The Norfolk Hallams, who are next to him, are a poor shiftless crowd, that he'd buy for a song. Now dost thou want to keep Hallam i' thy own flesh and blood? If ta does, I'll tell thee what to do."
"I ha' not nivver seed him afore," he remarked after a gruff by no means-ill-natured greeting, signifying the stranger by a duck of the head in his direction. "A Lancashire lad, Janner," answered Langley, "I want a home for him." Janner regarded him with evident interest, but shook his head dubiously. "Ax th' missus," he remarked succinctly: "dunnot ax me."
"I hope he wouldn't set fire to the house for that," said Dick angrily. Hickathrift started as if stung, and stared at his visitor. "Nay," he said, recovering himself, "our Jacob nivver did that. He were fast asleep that night, and his bed were afire when I wackened him. Don't say such a word as that." "I didn't mean it, Hicky; but do lend me the gun." "Nay, my, lad, I wean't.
'I've written yer three letters durin' t' last week, and ye've nivver answered one o' 'em! 'I've come to answer i' person, he says. 'There's nobbut one answer I want, says I. 'Wheer's my money? 'Now then, be quiet a bit, he says. 'You shall have your money before the evening's over, he says. 'Or, if not, as soon as t' banks is open tomorrow mornin', he says.
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