I could have heard the old lord speak almost, though he were always harsh and distant.

And as I was going for to say, he catched me fifty years agone next Lammas-tide; a pear-tree of an early sort it was; you may see the very tree if you please to stand here, miss, though the pears is quite altered now, and scarcely fit to eat.

Well, I was running off with my cap chock-full, miss--" "Please to keep that story for another time," I said; "I shall be most happy to hear it then.

But I have a particular wish, if you please, to see Mrs.Price before dark, unless there is any good reason why I should not." "Oh no, Miss Erma, no reason at all.

Only please to bear in mind, miss, that she is a coorous woman.