And glad I was to have him quick about it; for he might have redooced me to such a condition--ay, and I believe a' would, too, if onst a' had caught sight of me--as the parish might 'a had to fight over the appintment of another sexton.

And so at last a' went away.

And I were that stiff with scrooging in this cornder--" "Is that all?
Oh, that comes to nothing.

Surely you must have more to tell me?
It may have been some one who knew our names.

It may have been some old friend of the family." "No, miss, no! No familiar friend; or if he was, he were like King David's.