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"I'd advise you not to be up to no nonsense, Chad," said Mr Casson, with sonity; "Poyser wouldn't like to hear as his wife's niece was treated any ways disrespectful, for all heon herself to preach"

"Aye, an' she's a pleasant-looked un too," said Wiry Ben "I'll stick up for the pretty women preachin'; I know they'd persuade ly ht's out, an' begin to coort the preacher, like Seth Bede"

"Why, Seth's looking rether too high, I should think," said Mr Casson "This woman's kin wouldn't like her to demean herself to a co treble intonation, "what's folks's kin got to do wi't? Not a chip Poyser's wife ones, but this Dinah Morris, they tell me, 's as poor as iver she orks at acarpenter as is a ready-made Methody, like Seth, wouldna be a bada fuss wi' Adam Bede as if he war a nevvy o' their own"

"Idle talk! idle talk!" said Mr Joshua Rann "Adam an' Seth's two men; you wunna fit them ti' the same last"

"Maybe," said Wiry Ben, conteh he war a Methody twice o'er I'm fair beat wi' Seth, for I've been teasin' hiether, an' he bears me no more malice nor a lamb An' he's a stout-hearted feller too, forthe old tree all afire a-coht as it war a boguy, Seth made no more ado, but he up to't as bold as a constable Why, there he comes out o' Will Maskery's; an' there's Will hisself, lookin' as meek as if he couldna knock a nail o' the head for fear o' hurtin't An' there's the pretty preacher woo a bit nearer"

Several of the men followed Ben's lead, and the traveller pushed his horse on to the Green, as Dinah walked rather quickly and in advance of her companions towards the cart under the ure, she looked short, but when she had mounted the cart, and ay froht of woh in reality she did not exceed it--an effect which was due to the sliure and the sier was struck with surprise as he saw her approach and mount the cart--surprise, not so much at the feminine delicacy of her appearance, as at the total absence of self-consciousness in her demeanour He had made up his mind to see her advance with a measured step and a demure solemnity of countenance; he had felt sure that her face would be ed with denunciatory bitterness He knew but two types of Methodist--the ecstatic and the bilious But Dinah walked as si to market, and seemed as unconscious of her outward appearance as a little boy: there was no blush, no tremulousness, which said, "I know you thinkup or down of the eyelids, no compression of the lips, no attitude of the arms that said, "But you loved hands, but let thehtly crossed before her, as she stood and turned her grey eyes on the people There was no keenness in the eyes; they see observations; they had the liquid look which tells that the ive out, rather than impressed by external objects She stood with her left hand towards the descending sun, and leafy boughs screened her fro of her face see It was a sg-like line of cheek and chin, a full but firm mouth, a delicate nostril, and a low perpendicular brow, sur between sht back behind the ears, and covered, except for an inch or two above the brow, by a net Quaker cap The eyebrows, of the same colour as the hair, were perfectly horizontal and fir and abundant--nothing was left blurred or unfinished It was one of those faces that ht touches of colour on their pure petals The eyes had no peculiar beauty, beyond that of expression; they looked so si scowl, no light sneer could help h, as if he were clearing his throat in order to coe lifted up his leather skull-cap and scratched his head; and Wiry Ben wondered how Seth had the pluck to think of courting her