He promised me faithful as he'd come 'ome to-night, and I thought--it's only somethink as got into my 'ed to-day, Miss Snowdon.' 'But hasn't he been coming home since I saw you last ?' 'He did just once, an' then it was all the old ways again.

I did what you told me; I did, as sure as I'm a-standin' 'ere! I made the room so clean you wouldn't have believed; I scrubbed the floor an' the table, an' I washed the winders--you can see they ain't dirty yet.

An' he'd never a' paid a bit o' notice if I hadn't told him, He was jolly enough for one night, just like he can be when he likes.

But I knew as it wouldn't last, an' the next night he was off with a lot o' fellers an' girls, same as ever.

I didn't make no row when he came 'ome; I wish I may die if I said a word to set his back up! An' I've gone on just the same all the week; we haven't had not the least bit of a row; so you see I kep' my promise.