"Ah, sir, I could not see.

Since I left the mine, my eyes have not been accustomed to see in the dark, as they used to do." "Ah, I remember a laddie who was always singing.

That was ten years ago.
It was you, no doubt ?" "Ay, Mr.Starr, but in changing my trade, I haven't changed my disposition.

It's far better to laugh and sing than to cry and whine!" "You're right there, Jack Ryan.

And what do you do now, as you have left the mine ?" "I am working on the Melrose farm, forty miles from here.