But he went round land [15] at las', an' was foun' dead in hes bed--o' heart-break, they did say, 'long o' his gran'-darter Joanna runnin' away wi' an army cap'n." "Ah!" said Mr.Fogo, pensively, "she was a woman, was she not ?" "To be sure, sir; what elst ?--a female woman, an' so baptised." There was a moment's silence; then Caleb resumed-- "But contrari-wise, sir, the army cap'n was a man." "Ah! yes, of course; let us be just--the army captain was a man.
Caleb," said Mr.Fogo, with a sudden change from his pensive manner, "has it ever occurred to you to guess why I--not yet an old man, Caleb--am living in this solitude ?" "Beggin' your pard'n, sir, an' makin' so free as to guess, but were it a woman by any chance ?" "Yes," said his master, rising hurriedly and lighting his candle, "it was a woman, Caleb--it was a woman.

You won't forget that Notice to-morrow morning, will you ?--the first thing, if you please, Caleb." Footnotes, Chapter XI [1] A cart-load.
[2] Dust.
[3] Playing truant.
[4] Sloe.
[5] Heather-coloured.
[6] Two-faced.

Qy.

from Janus?
[7] Prying, looking about.
[8] Nonsense.
[9] Crockery.

Drinking in Troy is euphemistically called "emptyin' cloam." [10] Boldness, forwardness.
[11] A fairy.
[12] Farm-yard.
[13] Noise, tumult.
[14] Demented, imbecile.
[15] Died..