"I had forgotten what I said for the time," continued Margaret quietly. "I should have thought of it again when I was less busy. May I go with you now?"
Bessy gave a quick glance at Margaret's face, to see if the wish expressed was really felt. The sharpness in her eye turned to a wistful longing as she met Margaret's soft and friendly gaze.
"I ha' none so many to care for me; if yo' care yo' may come."
So they walked on together in silence. As they turned up into a small court, out of a squalid street, Bessy said,
"Yo'll not be daunted if father's at home, and speaks a bit gruffish at first. He took a mind to ye, yo' see, and he thought a deal o' your coming to see us; and just because he liked yo' he was vexed and put about."

'I had forgotten what I said,' continued Margaret quietly. 'I should have remembered it when I was less busy. May I go with you now?'
Bessy gave a quick glance at Margaret's face. The sharpness in her eye turned to a wistful longing as she met Margaret's soft and friendly gaze.
'If yo' care yo' may come.'
So they walked on together in silence. As they turned up into a small court, opening out of a squalid street, Bessy said,
'Yo'll not be daunted if father's at home, and speaks a bit gruffish at first. He took a mind to ye, yo' see, and he thought a deal o' your coming to see us; and just because he liked yo' he were vexed.'
