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"Eh,irief in its freshness feels the need of associating its loss and its laot nobody now but thy old mother to torment thee and be a burden to thee Thy poor feyther 'ull ne'er anger thee no o arter hiood to nobody now One old coat 'ull do to patch another, but it's good for nought else Thee'dst like to ha' a wife to et thy victual, better nor thy old ht but cumber, a-sittin' i' th' chimney-corner (Adas, to hear his mother speak of Hetty) But if thy feyther had lived, he'd ne'er ha' wanted o to make room for another, for he could no more ha' done wi'out me nor one side o' the scissars can do wi'out th' other Eh, we should ha' been both flung away together, an' then I shouldna ha' seen this day, an' one buryin' 'ud ha' done for us both"

Here Lisbeth paused, but Adam sat in pained silence--he could not speak otherwise than tenderly to hisirritated by this plaint It was not possible for poor Lisbeth to kno it affected Ada to kno hiswo soothed, and when Ada, she was only prompted to complain more bitterly

"I know thee couldst do better wi'out o where thee likedst an' marry them as thee likedst But I donna want to say thee nay, let thee bring home who thee wut; I'd ne'er open my lips to find faut, for when folks is old an' o' no use, they h they'n to s ill words wi't An' if thee'st set thy heart on a lass as'll bring thee nought and waste all, when thee ht, now thy feyther's dead an' drownded, for I'one"

Adaer, rose silently from the bench and walked out of the workshop into the kitchen But Lisbeth followed hio upstairs an' see thy feyther then? I'n done everythin' now, an' he'd like thee to go an' look at him, for he war allays so pleased when thee wast mild to him"