"But tha' won't have to keep it up much longer.

Mester Craven'll come home." "Do you think he will ?" asked Colin.

"Why ?" Susan Sowerby chuckled softly.
"I suppose it 'ud nigh break thy heart if he found out before tha' told him in tha' own way," she said.

"Tha's laid awake nights plannin' it." "I couldn't bear any one else to tell him," said Colin.

"I think about different ways every day.