Still we munnot speak o' such things on t' Lord's day.

So thee mun just say how t' shop is doing, and then we'll leave such vain talk.' 'T' shop is doing main an' well, thank ye, mother.

But Coulson could tell yo' o' that any day.' 'I'd a deal rayther hear fra' thee, Philip.

Coulson doesn't know how t' manage his own business, let alone half the business as it took John and Jeremiah's heads--ay, and tasked 'em, too--to manage.

I've no patience with Coulson.' 'Why?
he's a decent young fellow as ever there is in Monkshaven.' 'He may be.