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"Nay, nay; angered! who said I war angered? It war good on you to coet her soet soettin' 't for them as wants it Sit ye down; sit ye down I thank you kindly for coh the wet fields to see an old wohter o' my own--ne'er had one--an' I warna sorry, for they're poor queechy things, gells is; I allays wanted to ha' lads, as could fend for theirsens An' the lads 'ull be hters eno', an' too ot no taste i' ot the taste o' sorroi't"

Dinah took care not to betray that she had had her tea, and accepted Lisbeth's invitation very readily, for the sake of persuading the old woman herself to take the food and drink she so

Seth was so happy now Dinah was in the house that he could not help thinking her presence orth purchasing with a life in which grief incessantly followed upon grief; but the next moment he reproached hi in his father's sad death Nevertheless the joy of being with Dinah WOULD triumph--it was like the influence of cli even suffused itself over his face so as to attract hisher tea

"Thee , Seth, for thee thriv'st on't Thee look'st as if thee know'dst no more o' care an' cumber nor when thee wast a babby a-lyin' awake i' th' cradle For thee'dst allays lie still wi' thy eyes open, an' Adam ne'er 'ud lie still ao' h, for the matter o' that, thy poor feyther war just such another But ye've got the same look too" (here Lisbeth turned to Dinah) "I reckon it's wi' bein' a Methody Not as I'm a-findin' faut wi' ye for't, for ye've no call to be frettin', an' somehow ye looken sorry too Eh! Well, if the Methodies are fond o' trouble, they're like to thrive: it's a pity they canna ha't all, an' take it away froi'en 'eotten one, I'd be glad for the worst o'er again"