"Willto' hold thy din, and let me hear the lady speak!" addressing herself, in no very gentle voice, to a little urchin of about a year old. She apologetically continued to Margaret, "He's always mithering me for 'daddy' and 'butty'; and I ha' no butties to give him, and daddy's away, and forgotten us a', I think. He's his father's darling, he is," said she, with a sudden turn of mood, and, dragging the child up to her knee, she began kissing it fondly.

'Willto' hold thy din, and let me hear the lady speak!' she said, in no gentle voice, to a little urchin of about a year old. She apologised to Margaret. 'He's always mithering me for "daddy" and "butty;" and I ha' no butties to give him, and daddy's forgotten us, I think. He's his father's darling, he is.' With a sudden turn of mood, she began kissing the child fondly.
