4/25 'He might pay you out at the works. It 'ud be a trick just like him, after this.' 'I'll think about it,' returned the other, with dignity, sitting upright, and gathering his broad beard into his hand. 'If that doesn't explain something! Depend upon it--_depend_ upon it--that's how Grail got Thyrza Trent to engage herself to him. He'll a' known it for some time, Grail will a' done. He's a mean fellow, or he'd never a' gone and set her against Mr.Ackroyd, as it's easy to see he did. |