She bain't a one to blab.

What dost thou say ?" Ned, who felt utterly worn out, assented gladly to the proposal, and an entrance was easily effected into the desolate cottage formerly used as a day school.

Bill went off at once and soon returned with a load of firewood; the shutters were then carefully closed, and a fire quickly blazed brightly on the hearth.

Bill then went away again, and in a quarter of an hour returned with Mary Powlett.

He carried a bundle of rugs and blankets, while she had a kettle in one hand and a large basket in the other.
"Good evening! Master Sankey," she said as she entered.