"Nought worse than many others,' I reckon. Only I fretted against it, and they didn't."
"But what was it? You know, I'm a stranger here, so perhaps I'm not so quick at understanding what you mean as if I'd lived all my life at Milton."
"If yo'd ha' come to our house when yo' said yo' would, I could maybe ha' told you. But father says yo're just like th' rest on 'em; its out o' sight out o' mind wi' you."
"I don't know who the rest are; and I've been very busy; and, to tell the truth, I had forgotten my promise--"
"Yo' offered it; we asked none of it."

'Nought worse than many others, I reckon.'
'But what was it? You know, I'm a stranger here, so perhaps I'm not so quick at understanding life in Milton.'
'If yo'd ha' come to our house when yo' said yo' would, I could maybe ha' told you. But father says yo're just like th' rest of 'em; out o' sight, out o' mind.'
'I don't know who the rest are; and I've been very busy; and, to tell the truth, I had forgotten my promise-'
'Yo' offered it! we asked none of it.'
