"Eh!" said he, as she came in, "to think of th' oud gentleman dropping off as he did! Yo' might ha' knocked me down wi' a straw when they telled me. 'Mr. Hale?' said I; 'him as was th' parson?' 'Ay,' said they. 'Then,' said I, 'there's as good a man gone as ever lived on this earth, let who will be t'other!' And I came to see yo', and tell yo' how grieved I were, but them women in th' kitchen wouldn't tell yo' I were there. They said yo' were ill,--and butter me, but yo' dunnot look like the same wench. And yo're going to be a grand lady up i' Lunnon, aren't yo'?"

'Eh!' said he, 'to think of th' oud gentleman dropping off as he did! Yo' might ha' knocked me down wi' a straw when they telled me. He were as good a man as ever lived. And I came to tell yo' how grieved I were, but them women in th' kitchen wouldn't tell yo' I were there. They said yo' were ill. And yo're going to be a grand lady up i' Lunnon, aren't yo'?'
