They have talked the matter over among themselves; the butler has spoken for the rest.

He says as how they are willing to forego their wages, and even to pay their legal obligations instead of notice; but that go today they must." "What reason do they give ?" "None, miss.

They say as how they're sorry, but that they've nothing to say.

I asked Jane, the upper housemaid, miss, who is not with the rest but stops on; and she tells me confidential that they've got some notion in their silly heads that the house is haunted!" We ought to have laughed, but we didn't.

I could not look in Miss Trelawny's face and laugh.