There's one or two of our men, you know, think he'd ought to be made to smart a bit for the way he's treated Emma, and last night they up an' spoke--you should just a' 'eard them.

Then someone set it goin' as the fault wasn't Dick's at all.

See what I mean?
I don't know who started that.

I can't think as he'd try to blacken a girl's name just to excuse himself; that's goin' a bit too far.' Mrs.Clay came to a standstill.
'He's been saying things of Emma ?' she cried.

'Is that what you mean ?' 'Well, see now.