"Wasn't John Crumb regular, Ruby?"
"Bother John Crumb! That wasn't none of my doings. Oh, he'd been regular enough, if I'd let him; he'd been like clockwork,--only the slowest clock out. But Mr. Montague has been and told the Squire as he saw me. He told me so himself. The Squire's coming about John Crumb. I know that. What am I to tell him, Felix?"

"Wasn't John Crumb regular, Ruby?"
"Bother John Crumb! Oh, he'd been regular as clockwork if I let him - only the slowest clock out. But Mr. Montague has told the Squire as he saw me, and the Squire's coming. What am I to tell him, Felix?"
