I wouldn't if I hadn't been so scared.

I'm scared to death now as she'll find me." "You needn't be afraid of Miss Bowes." "I ain't.

Leastways not so bad.

It's her I'm feared of." "Whom do you mean, child ?" "Her--my mother." "I didn't know you had a mother.

I thought you were an orphan," burst out Ulyth.
"I wish I was.