"I thought you couldn't have, sir.

I knew you wasn't the one to take no notice of them.

Well, it was like this, sir.

When Mrs.Bostock took the boy away, I began to worry and worry about him; I kind of pined for him.
Then I thought if I could see him sometimes, I should feel better; and I never liked the looks of Mrs.Bostock.

She looked like a drinker; though all the time she was in Jersey with the lawyer she kept sober enough.