He tired of me, and left me.

Husbands tire of their wives, but stay on and beat them." "He drove thee mad almost, I remember." "Wives go mad and are never cured, so many of them.

I've seen them die, poor things, and leave the little ones behind.

I had the luck wi' me.

I took the right turning at the cross-roads yonder." "Thee must be Jasper's wife if he asks thee again," he urged.
"He will come when I call, but I will not call," she answered.
"But still thee will marry him when the heart is ready," he persisted.
"It shall be ready soon.