"Was she faint?" said I. "Did she eat or drink here?"
"Go on!" said the husband in answer to her look. "Tell her and cut it short."
"She had a little water, miss, and Jenny fetched her some bread and tea. But she hardly touched it."
"And when she went from here," I was proceeding, when Jenny's husband impatiently took me up.

"Was she faint?" said I. "Did she eat or drink here?"
"Go on!" said the husband. "Tell her."
"She had a little water, miss, and Jenny fetched her some bread and tea. But she hardly touched it."
"And when she went from here," I was proceeding, when Jenny's husband impatiently took me up.
