It was white wood smoke, and as she watched it began to turn yellow in the light from the sunset.

She did not turn to see whence the yellow ray came.
"Now that father's dead, I won't stay here, Mr.Bates." She said "I won't" just as a sullen, naughty girl would speak.

"'Twas hateful enough to stay while he lived, but now you and Miss Bates are nothing to me." "Nothing to ye, Sissy ?" The words seemed to come out of him in pained surprise.
"I know you've brought me up, and taught me, and been far kinder to me than father ever was; but I'm not to stay here all my life because of _that_." "Bairn, I have just been telling ye there is nothing else ye can do just now.

I have no ready money.

Your father had nothing to leave ye but his share of this place; and, so far, we've just got along year by year, and that's all.