FOOTNOTES:
[1] This publisher was not a member of the firm of Messrs. W. Blackwood & Sons, who afterwards purchased the copyright of Wenderholme, nor was the story ever offered to him; but his opinion had great influence with the author on account of his large experience.
[2] Careful.
[3] Spent.
[4] Slake; it is good slake—it slakes thirst well. The expression was actually used by a carter, to whom a gentleman gave champagne in order to ask his opinion of the beverage.
[5] Till.
[6] Almost.
[7] Quiet.
[8] Seek.
[9] "Some and glad" is a common Lancashire expression, meaning "considerably glad."
[10] The possessive is omitted in the genuine Lancashire dialect.
[11] Perhaps.
[12] All the. In Lancashire the word all is abbreviated, as in Scotland, to a', but pronounced o.
[13] Value.
[14] Without.
[15] Push beyond.
[16] For the information of some readers, it may be well to explain that the epaulettes of flank companies, which were of a peculiar shape, used to be called wings.
[17] The reader who cares to attain the perfection of Mrs. Ogden's pronunciation will please to bear in mind that she pronounced the d well in "soldiers" (thus, sol-di-ers), and did not replace it with a g, according to the barbarous usage of the polite world.
[18] The reader will please to bear in mind that who means she in the pure Lancashire dialect.
[19] Half.
[20] The reader will remember that the best part of the estate had been mortgaged to Mr. Jacob Ogden.
[21] Where hast thou been.
[22] Nothing but what is right.
[23] Have.
[24] The engraved copper rollers used in calico-printing. The larger printing firms sink immense sums in these rollers, far surpassing the above estimate for Mr. Anison, who was only in a moderate way of business.
[25] Fain is a combination of happy and proud. It answers very nearly to a certain sense of the French word "content."
[26] Any thing.
[27] A common form of sobriquet in Lancashire.