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"What'll ye run to?" "Oh," said Mr. Povey, largely, "I don't know." "Will ye run to a tenner?" "I thought of something cheaper." "Well, hoo much? Out wi' it, mester." "Not more than two pounds," said Mr. Povey. He would have said one pound had he dared. The prices of dogs amazed him. "I thowt it was a dog as ye wanted!" said Boon. "Look 'ere, mester. Come up to my yard and see what I've got."
She went upstairs, Meynell following, anxious about the physical result of the meeting, and ready to go for the doctor at a moment's notice. The door at the top of the stairs was open. The dying man lay on his side, gazing toward it, and gauntly illumined by the rising light. The woman went slowly forward, drawn by the eyes directed upon her. "I thowt tha'd come!" said Bateson, with a smile.
Hawsomiver, aa niver thowt naw mair aboot it, nor mair did John, so ee needn't taak till we wur jest two mile from 'ere. An' ee's a gon' on sence! My! an' a larroping the poor beast like onything. Mrs. Thornburgh stood aghast at the calmness of this audacious recital.
"Luke Marner he be dead against King Lud, he be, and so be many of the older men here; it's most the young uns as takes to them ways; and nateral, Polly she thinks as Luke does, or perhaps," and Bill laughed, "it's Polly as thowt that way first, and Luke as thinks as she does.
Come now, don't keep yer old comrade in the dark. Haven't ye got a notion o' some young woman in partikler?" "Yes," replied the Indian gravely. "Jist so; I thowt as much," returned the trapper, with a tone and look of satisfaction. "What may her name be?" "Lightheart." "Ay? Lightheart. A good name specially if she takes after it, as I've no doubt she do. An' what tribe does "
Every eye was fixed on Stephen's face. To repent of his determination, would be to take a load from all their minds. He looked around him, and knew that it was so. Not a grain of anger with them was in his heart; he knew them, far below their surface weaknesses and misconceptions, as no one but their fellow- labourer could. 'I ha thowt on 't, above a bit, sir. I simply canna coom in.
Then all of a suddint we saw somefin' come a-wamblin' outer the shadder o' the wood, and run along by th' edge of ut. We couldn't make out a' furst what it moight be, thow for sure we got a rare fright. For my part, I thowt it might a' been ole Black Shuck, thow th' night didn't seem windy enough for un." "Stop a bit," said Colwyn. "What do you mean by Black Shuck? Oh, I remember.
There was a pause. "What do you want?" said Mrs. Melrose, haughtily, determined to assert herself. Thyrza came in slowly. She held a bunch of dripping Michaelmas daisies. "Shall I get a glass for them? I thowt mebbe you'd like 'em in here." Netta thanked her ungraciously. She remembered having seen the girl the night before, and Anastasia had mentioned her as the daughter of the Contadino.
I axed him how lang t' shifts lasted i' heaven, an' he said: 'We work as lang as t' inner voice tells us to. You see 'twere allus t' inner voice, an' I couldn't hardlins mak out what he meant by that. "Then a thowt com into my heead, but I didn't fairly like to out wi' it, for fear T' Man Aboon were somewheer about an' sud hear me.
"Ah, how indeed!" said the squire, and he went away; but Dick stayed behind with Tom Tallington, and sat upon the top of the embankment, laughing, till the rough fen-man stood resting on his spade. "At yow, Dave," said Dick, imitating his broad speech. "Then it arn't manners, lad. Thowt you'd been to school up to town yonder to larn manners both on you?"
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