D' yoh see ?" "I see." "He's tryin' to do right, Yare is." The old man went on, trying not to be eager, and watching Holmes's face.
"He's tryin'.

Sendin' him back--yoh know how THAT'll end.

Seems like as we'd his soul in our hands.

S'pose,--what d' yoh think, if we give him a chance?
It's yoh he fears.

I see him a-watchin' yoh; what d' yoh think, if we give him a chance ?" catching Holmes's sleeve.