Louie hung about him while he ate, studying him with quick furtive eyes.
'Whar yo bin ?' she said abruptly, when Hannah had gone to the back kitchen for a moment.

Reuben was dozing by the fire over the local paper.
'Nowhere as concerns yo,' said David, shortly.

He finished his supper and went and sat on the steps.

The dogs came and put their noses on his knees.

He pulled absently at their coats, looking straight before him at the dark point of Kinder Low.
'Whar yo bin ?' said Louie's voice again in his ear.