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The Green Man, of which our friend here is the landlord, is an old-fashioned tavern by the roadside where people are rather fond of dropping in on a Sunday, I fancy, eh, Mr. Pickard?" "You're right, sir," replied the landlord. "It makes a nice walk out on a Sunday. And it were on a Sunday, too, 'at I got to know this here James Parrawhite as you want to know summat about.
His eyes rested on Hazel, and were so vivid, so brimful of tenderness, that Abel remained with a joke half expounded. 'My Hazel, Edward said, standing by the cart and looking up, 'welcome home, and God bless you! 'You canna say fairer nor that, remarked Abel. 'Inna our 'Azel peart? Dressed up summat cruel inna she? Edward took no notice.
She had been farm-servant to my mother's brother James Hepburn, thy great-uncle as was; she were a poor, friendless wench, a parish 'prentice, but honest and gaum-like, till a lad, as nobody knowed, come o'er the hills one sheep-shearing fra' Whitehaven; he had summat to do wi' th' sea, though not rightly to be called a sailor: and he made a deal on Nancy Hartley, just to beguile the time like; and he went away and ne'er sent a thought after her more.
'The chilt looks as thoo she'd been fed on spiders or frogs, or summat o' that soart. At this moment David came in, just in time to prevent another explosion from Louie.
Rotha staggered, and must have fallen but for Matthew, who at the moment came up behind her. "I'll tell thee what it is, lass," said the old man, "thoo'rt like to be bad thysel', and varra bad, too. Go thy ways back to the fire." "Summat ails Robbie, no doubt about it," said Reuben. "Of course summat ails him," said Mattha, with an insinuating emphasis on the word.
Whereby, knowin' my habits, you'll see that I reckon this to be summat more than an ord'nary occasion: the reason bein', as you know, that pretty well the hull of Europe's in a state o' War: which, when such a thing happens, it behoves us. I'll say no more than that, as Britons, it behoves us. It was once said by a competent observer that Britons never, never if Miss Rounsell will oblige?"
She let her head fall wearily back as she finished. Lilac was not in the least interested by the vision. She was accustomed to hear of Mrs Wishing's angels and harps, and her mind was now entirely occupied by earthly matters. "What you want is summat to eat and drink," she said, "and I shall just have to run back to Uncle Joshua's for some bread and tea.
I'll speak to the vicar, and I know he'll do his best to get you suited. You've had a good education, so he'll be able to find you summat as'll fit, I've no doubt. And now I'm going to ask you, miss, just to accept a little Bible from me, instead of that one which you've helped to send back to its right owner; and I want you to make it your daily guide."
The sergeant, whose minutes of wakefulness were only those when the coach stopped to change horses, and when he got down to mix a "summat hot," paid little attention to his followers, leaving them perfectly free in all their movements, to listen to Mike's eloquence and profit by his suggestions, should they deem fit.
Paper, nothing but paper at first. I were getting in a bit of a fright; but after a bit we comes to summat hard wrapped up; and there, when we unfolded the paper, was the missing bracelet! And then we searched to the bottom, and found an envelope sealed up and directed, `Miss Jane Bradly; but what's inside I don't know, for of course I didn't open it.
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