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The Lancashire Witches

CHAPTER IX
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Ey dunna want to be adopted by a grand-dame.

Ey'm content os ey am.

Boh are na ye gettin' on rayther too fast, lass?
Mother's consent has to be axed, ey suppose, efore ye leave her." "There is little fear of her refusal," observed Mistress Nutter.
"Ey dunna knoa that," rejoined Jennet.

"If she were to refuse, it wadna surprise me." "Nothing spiteful she could do would surprise me," remarked Harrop.

"But how are you likely to know what your mother will think and do, you forward little hussy ?" "Ey judge fro circumstances," replied the little girl.


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