"Whatever is she 'fraid of?"
"Oh, I dunno, maids is like that sometimes."
"She needn't be afraid of Leadville, 'e 'edn't goin' do nothing."
"I don't say 'e 'av so far," was the cautious reply.
The wife laughed. "You don't think I've lived with'n all these years an' don't know 'e's all blow?"
But Mrs. Tom knew just how much justification there was for Gray's alarm. "Well, you know, Gray's easily frightened," she said thoughtfully. "I don't believe she'd come down the lane at night for all the gold in Tregols."
"Well, I never. Whatever is there to be afraid of?"
"You know she 'ad a bit of a shock one night."
"She didn't say a word about it to me, then."
"Well no, I s'pose she didn't like to."