I didn' 'ear it, but took a walk outside to blow off steam, an' only came back just as the fuss began about the carriages.
Fact is, missy, I can't abear to see a woman used abuseful." "That's because you 're in love," said Tilda.

"But, if you'll listen to me, women ain't always what you take 'em for." "Ain't they ?" he queried.

"I'd be sorry to believe that; though 'twould be 'elpful, I don't mind tellin' you." "I've known cases--that is, if you _want_ to be cured--" "I do, an' I don't," he groaned.

But it was clear that in the main he did not; for he changed the subject hastily.

"See 'ere, would you mind takin' 'old o' the book an' checkin' while I counts out the money.
Total takin's--four, three, three--less 'ire of 'all, four-an'-six--" "I can read figures an' print," owned Tilda, "but 'andwriting's too much for me; an' yours, I dare say, isn' none o' the best." "I've improved it a lot at the night school.