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'Ee wanted to see summat, 'ee said an' I dessay 'ee did. An' people began to taak. Last night theer wor a bit of a roompus, it seems, while Mrs. Costrell was a-payin' another o' them things, an' summat as was said come to my ears an' come to Watson's. An' me an' Watson 'ave been makin' inquiries an' Mr. Dawson wor obligin' enough to make me a small loan, 'ee wor.
Suddenly he jumped to his feet, and as though he had become possessed of an inspiration, broke silence by vigorously exclaiming to his wife that he had settled the manner of the "Ranter" preacher's death. That'll stop his taak aboot the Almighty takin' ma bairns frae me!"
Bayley, perpetual curate of Browhead, and as by now it had gone all about the country-side came piecemeal out. "Oh! an at that Papist shop i' th' High Street you remember that sickly-lukin fellow at the dance they do say at they do taak shameful!" exclaimed Polly indignantly. "What do they say?" said Laura in a low voice. Polly hesitated.
Polly, for her part, hated him. "My worrd, he do taak!" said she. And every Sunday he preached against Catholics, and the Pope, and such like. And as there were no Catholics anywhere near, but Mr. Helbeck at Bannisdale, and a certain number at Whinthorpe, people didn't know what to make of him.
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