He'll a' told her about the 'ouse and the salary, of course he will! If I didn't think there was something queer in that job!' Mr.Bower saw at once how highly probable this was.
'And that is why they've put on such hairs, her an' Lydia,' Mrs.Bower pursued.

'It's all very well for Mary to pretend as there's nothing altered.

It's my belief Mary's got to know more than she'll tell, and Lydia's quarrelled with her about it.

It's easy enough to see as they _have_ fell out.

Lydia ain't been to chapel since Christmas, an' you know yourself it was just before Christmas as Egremont went to the 'ouse to see Mr.Grail.If she'd been a bit sharper, she'd never a' told Mary that.