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Updated: June 5, 2025
The Colonel, it is true, smarting under a sense of defeat, would have liked to press the argument further; but just then the front door of "The Crooked Billet" was thrown open by the landlord, and the smithy was speedily emptied of its occupants. "Sithee, lass, oppen t' windey a minute, there's a love." "What do you want t' windey openin' for, mother? You'll give me my death o' cowd."
"Thou's bin laikin' agean, thou gert good-for-nowt," was her usual greeting for Job on these occasions. "Ay, ay, lass," he would reply; "I've addled nowt all t' day. But thou promised, when we wed, to tak me for better or worse; an' if t' worse wasn't t' hounds, it would happen be hosses or drink. Sithee, Mally, I've browt thee a two-three snowdrops; thou can wear 'em o' Sunday."
Turning towards the sick child, the poor woman reached out her wasted arm, and throwing a spray on to Milly's counterpane, said: 'Here, lass, I'll gi' thee that. In a moment Milly's eyes flashed light, and the bloom of the moorland flower reflected itself in the blush of her cheeks. Throwing up both hands, and wild with a tide of new life, she cried: 'Nurse! nurse! Sithee a yethbob a yethbob!
'That'll do, sister. Hannah disappeared. 'Sithee! He mysteriously drew Arthur's attention to a little green book whose cover still showed traces of mud and water. 'And what's this? Twemlow asked with assumed lightness.
"Knives to grind! scissors to grind!" The cry went on as the old man toiled along. But just now no one appeared to heed him. The rain kept pattering down, and he seemed inclined to turn out of his path and try another street. Just then a woman's voice shouted out, "Ould Crow Ould Crow! Here, sithee! Just grind me these scissors.
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