“And is it long you expect them to remain?”
“As to that I canna tell. When they came they said it might be they wud stay three days or more; but it is now the third day an’ they have na spoke of leavin’.”
“I hope my curiosity you will pardon, but it seems strange any one should come here at this season to remain so long. Where are they from, if you don’t mind telling?”
“I ha’ na reason to know, for I didna ask them, but London I think ha seen them none sa lang ago.”
“They are English?”
The widow slowly shook her head.
“They are na like th’ English. I think they may be fra America.”
“I presume they are man and wife?”
“Na, na; they are brother an’ sister. A bonnie lassie is the girl, sir; but her brother seems na well.”
“Not well?”