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Although she's impulsive and unconventional, she ought to have seen it was ridiculous to let your son imagine they could be friends." "You think that was ridiculous?" "Of course," said Osborn, with haughty surprise. "The absurdity of the thing is obvious." "Weel," said Peter dryly, "I reckon they might be friends without much harm, though I wadn't have them gan farther.
T' womenfolk have been patient and Bell canna rob us much if we buy from him noo. Aw t' same, we can beat him doon some shillings if we hoad on." "Then hoad on and break the grasping skinflint!" said one of the younger men. "I doot if we can break him and wadn't say it's wise to try. If he'll come down anither shilling, I think we might tak' his coal.
"We are forced," Kit answered moodily. Peter gave him a keen glance and then spread out his hands. "It's possible. For aw that, it wadn't ha' done much harm to give t' man his chance o' makin' peace." Kit did not answer, but went out, and Askew sat by the fire with a thoughtful look. Something had happened to the lad, and Peter wondered what it was.
"Well," he said, "I think you're wrang. Your friends have been talking aboot the thing and wadn't like t' see you gan." He gave Railton the envelope, adding: "It's a loan." Railton's hand shook as he took out a bundle of bank-notes. "You're good neebors," he said in a strained voice. "But I dinna think I ought to tak' your money. There's a risk."
It's weel you ken." "Then, can you give security for the debt?" "I canna and wadn't give it if I could. There's ways a cliver agent can run up a reckoning, and when you want Mireside I'll have to gan." "Then, I'm afraid we shall be forced to break the lease and take measures to recover the sum due." "Hoad on a minute!" said one of the group, who turned to Railton. "Would you like to stop?"
I was so scairt I couldn't tell de folks what done happened till I set down an get my breath. "Nother time, not so long ago, when I live down in Gary, I be walkin down de railroad track soon in de mornin an fore I knowed it, dere was a white man walkin long side o' me. I jes thought it were somebody, but I wadn't sho, so I turn off at de fust street to git way from dere.
"We're gan to try," said one. "I reckon we'll not can hoad her up if beck rises much." "She'll rise three or four feet," said Kit. "Is nobody else coming?" "Neabody we ken aboot. Mr. Osborn sent to Allerby first thing, but miller wadn't let him have a man." Kit thought hard. Bell had given up the mill and his successor had a dispute with Hayes.
Grace noted that although they were not bringing much peat there was a risk of the sledges running down upon the teams. "You have not got on very fast," she said to Peter. "If we're no verra careful, we'll gan faster than we like." "I suppose that's why you're only taking half a load?" "Just that," Peter agreed. "It wadn't suit for load to run ower the team.
In a sense, the risk was Osborn's, who would pay for his neglect, but the flood might damage his tenants' fields, and even if the damage were confined to Osborn's, Kit hated to see crops spoiled. "You had better begin," he said. "I'll try to get help." "Mayhappen folks will come for you, though they wadn't for t' maister," one replied. "We'll need aw you can get before lang."
A ship was in the offin'. She had distress signals flyin'. He could get neebody te man a boat but women; the men wadn't hev onythin' te dee wiv him, so his awn wife, Ailsie's Jenny, Nanny Dent, and Peggy Story went.
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