I'll be with you again in a few minutes." But Bates was profoundly disturbed.
"Wot beats me," he said to his wife when they were alone, "is why that little ferret wanted to see the guv'nor's clothes.

I looked 'em over carefully afterwards, an' there wasn't a speck on 'em except some spots of rain on the coat collar.

It's a queer business, no matter how you look at it.

Mr.Theydon's manner was strange when he kem in last night.
He seemed to be list'nin' for something.

I don't know wot to make of it, Eliza.