There will be no other answer necessary." "Very well, yer riverence, I'll be sure to give Mr.Herbert the message." And Richard made a sign as though he were going.
"But tell me, Richard," said Mrs.Townsend, "is Sir Thomas any better?
for we have been really very uneasy about him." "Indeed and he is, ma'am; a dail betther this morning, the Lord be praised." "It was a kind of a fit, wasn't it, Richard ?" asked the parson.
"A sort of a fit of illness of some kind, I'm thinking," said Richard, who had no mind to speak of his family's secrets out of doors.

Whatever he might be called upon to tell the priest, at any rate he was not called on to tell anything to the parson.
"But it was very sudden this time, wasn't it, Richard ?" asked the lady; "immediately after that strange man was shown into his room--eh ?" "I'm sure, ma'am, I can't say; but I don't think he was a ha'porth worse than ordinar, till after the gentleman went away.

I did hear that he did his business with the gentleman, just as usual like." "And then he fell into a fit, didn't he, Richard ?" "Not that I heard of, ma'am.

He did a dail of talking about some law business, I did hear our Mrs.Jones say; and then afther he warn't just the betther of it." "Was that all ?" "And I don't think he's none the worse for it neither, ma'am; for the masther do seem to have more life in him this day than I'se seen this many a month.

Why, he's been out and about with her ladyship in the pony-carriage all the morning." "Has he now?
Well, I'm delighted to hear that.