I wonna ha' nobody to touch the coffin but thee." Adam's eyes met Seth's, which looked from Dinah to him rather wistfully.
"No, Mother," he said, "I'll not consent but Seth shall have a hand in it too, if it's to be done at home.

I'll go to the village this forenoon, because Mr.Burge 'ull want to see me, and Seth shall stay at home and begin the coffin.

I can come back at noon, and then he can go." "Nay, nay," persisted Lisbeth, beginning to cry, "I'n set my heart on't as thee shalt ma' thy feyther's coffin.

Thee't so stiff an' masterful, thee't ne'er do as thy mother wants thee.

Thee wast often angered wi' thy feyther when he war alive; thee must be the better to him now he's gone.