I have found out what the crying was," said Mary.
Martha let her knitting drop on her knee and gazed at her with startled eyes.
"Tha' hasn't!" she exclaimed.

"Never!" "I heard it in the night," Mary went on.

"And I got up and went to see where it came from.

It was Colin.

I found him." Martha's face became red with fright.
"Eh! Miss Mary!" she said half crying.