She put her hand on his shoulder and smiled the mist out of her eyes.

"Aye, that I am!" she said; "but tha'rt so like thy mother tha' made my heart jump." "Do you think," said Colin a little awkwardly, "that will make my father like me ?" "Aye, for sure, dear lad," she answered and she gave his shoulder a soft quick pat.

"He mun come home--he mun come home." "Susan Sowerby," said Ben Weatherstaff, getting close to her.

"Look at th' lad's legs, wilt tha'?
They was like drumsticks i' stockin' two month' ago--an' I heard folk tell as they was bandy an' knock-kneed both at th' same time.

Look at 'em now!" Susan Sowerby laughed a comfortable laugh.
"They're goin' to be fine strong lad's legs in a bit," she said.