But when one once begins, you know----" "What's _foy_ ?" I interrupted.

"Cook says you foy--what does she mean ?" "Oh, to foy at anything is to slave--to work hard at it.

At least, not merely hard-working, but to go at it very hotly, almost foolishly; in fact, to foy at it, you know.

Clement foys at things too.

And then he gets tired and cross; and so do I, often.