He raised himself defiantly and turned to go, staggering along the floor.

He was near the entrance when an inner door opened, and the carter, who had been gossiping in a room behind with the landlord, emerged.

He started with astonishment when he saw David.
'Hullo, Davy, what are yo after ?' David turned, nearly losing his balance as he did so, and clutching at the bar for support.

He found himself confronted with Jim Wigson--his old enemy--who had been to Castleton with a load of hay and some calves, and was on his way back to Kinder again.

When he saw who it was clinging to the bar counter, Jim first stared and then burst into a hoarse roar of laughter.
'Coom here! coom here!' he shouted to the party in the back parlour.
'Here's a rum start! I do declare this beats cock-fighting!--this do.
Damn my eyes iv it doosn't! Look at that yoong limb.