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Then she said, `Many of his old pals tried to turn poor Tommy back, but they couldn't, but they nearly worritted him out of his life.
I wor a bit worritted, for I thowt I saw her on t' Mardale Head path, juist afther I got hoam, from t' field abuve t' Bridge Farm, an' it wor noan weather for a stranger, miss, yo unnerstan', to be oot on t' fells, and it gettin' so black " "What young lady?" cried Mary. "Oh, come in, please."
I've been a-chivied and a-chivied, fust by one on you and nixt by another on you, till I'm worritted to skins and bones. The inkwhich warn't MY fault. I done nothink. He wos wery good to me, he wos; he wos the only one I knowed to speak to, as ever come across my crossing. It ain't wery likely I should want him to be inkwhiched. I only wish I wos, myself.
'Twadn't girls' affairs. 'Reckon she knowed? Jabez went on. 'She? She must have guessed it middlin' close when she saw her money come back. But she never mentioned it in writing so far's I know. She were more worritted that night on account of two-three her chickens bein' drowned, for the flood had skewed their old hen-house round on her postes.
"It's four past, an' Jim'll be comin' in tired and worritted, so I'll put on an extra potater or two an' a good bit of bacon an' some pase. Stay wid us, Aileen." "No, Maggie, I can't; besides you and Jim will want the house to yourself till you get straightened out and, Maggie, it will straighten out, don't you worry."
Can't you never let such an unfortnet as me alone? An't I unfortnet enough for you yet? How unfortnet do you want me for to be? I've been a-chivied and a-chivied, fust by one on you and nixt by another on you, till I'm worritted to skins and bones. The Inkwich warn't my fault; I done nothink.
He was a fair-haired boy and was forever smiling. Now he reached Nuck first and fairly hugged him around the neck, exclaiming: "We thought you were shot! However came you to be so long comin' back, Nuck? Mother's quite worritted 'bout you, she says." Katie, the fly-away sister of ten, hurled herself next upon her elder brother and seized the heavy rifle from his hands.
There's no sense i' letting folks be unhappy, when they might be taking life wi' a bit o' comfort." "But, then, our faith would not be exercised." "I don't much mind about that. I'd far rather hev things settled. I don't like being worritted and unsettled i' my mind." The squire spoke with a touching irritability, and every one looked sadly at him.
"In the harm, sir, all on 'count of 'is 'oss, 'Moonraker' sir." "His horse?" "Yessir. 'S arternoon it were. Ye see, for a long time I ain't been easy in me mind about them stables where 'im and you keeps your 'osses, sir, 'count of it not being safe enough, worritted I 'ave, sir.
"I used ter think," she confided to her bosom friend, "thet boarders wuz good fer nuthin' 'cept ter be an aggervation an' a plague; but I couldn't think o' nuthin' else ter do, an' I made up my mind I'd ruther put up with 'em than lose Miss Di-an, even ef their antics did make me gray-headed afore the year wuz out. But I needn't hev worritted.
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