Stooping over the counterpane, with a face into which the flush would come whether or no, she said to Molly,-- 'Dear! I never seed this one afore--this--for all t' world like th' eyes in a peacock's tail.' 'Thou's seen it many a time and oft, lass.

But weren't thou surprised to find Charley here?
We picked him up at Shields, quite by surprise like; and when Brunton and me said as we was comin' here, nought would serve him but comin' with us, for t' see t' new year in.

It's a pity as your mother's ta'en this time for t' fall ill and want yo' back so early.' Sylvia had taken off her hat and cloak by this time, and began to help Molly and a younger unmarried sister in laying out the substantial supper.
'Here,' continued Mrs.Brunton; 'stick a bit o' holly i' yon pig's mouth, that's the way we do things i' Newcassel; but folks is so behindhand in Monkshaven.

It's a fine thing to live in a large town, Sylvia; an' if yo're looking out for a husband, I'd advise yo' to tak' one as lives in a town.

I feel as if I were buried alive comin' back here, such an out-o'-t'-way place after t' Side, wheere there's many a hundred carts and carriages goes past in a day.