"Good-morning, Caleb."

"Aw, mornin' to 'ee, sir. You took me unawares—

"All for to fetch home,
The summer an' the May, O!
For summer is a-come,
An' winter es a-go.'"

"All for to fetch home,
The summer an' the May, O!
For summer is a-come,
An' winter es a-go.'"

"Caleb, I have seen a ghost."

The mallet stopped in mid-descent. Caleb looked up again open-mouthed.

"Tom Twist and Harry Dingle!"

"I beg your pardon?"

"Figger o' speech, sir, meanin' 'Who'd ha' thought et?' Whose ghost, sir, ef 'taint a rude question?"

Mr. Fogo told his story.