"Sit ye down, sit ye down. Fire's welly out," said he, giving it a vigorous poke, as if to turn attention away from himself. He was rather disorderly, to be sure, with a black unshaven beard of several days' growth, making his pale face look yet paler, and a jacket which would have been all the better for patching.
"We thought we should have a good chance of finding you, just after dinner-time," said Margaret.
"We have had our sorrows too, since we saw you," said Mr. Hale.
"Ay, ay. Sorrows is more plentiful than dinners just now; I reckon, my dinner hour stretches all o'er the day; yo're pretty sure of finding me."
"Are you out of work?" asked Margaret.

'Sit ye down, sit ye down. Fire's nearly out,' said he, giving it a vigorous poke, as if to turn attention away from himself. He was rather disorderly, to be sure, with several days' black growth of beard making his pale face look yet paler, and a well-worn jacket.
'We thought we should have a good chance of finding you just after dinner-time,' said Margaret.
'We have had our sorrow too, since we saw you,' said Mr. Hale.
'Ay, ay. Sorrows is more plentiful than dinners just now; and my dinner hour stretches all day long; yo're pretty sure of finding me.'
'Are you out of work?' asked Margaret.
