“You’ve been having yours ears warmed, they tell me,” said Mrs. Goodall grimly.
“Who telled thee?” asked Harry shortly.
“Maggie and Luke’s both been in.”
“You look well, don’t you!” said interfering Jinny.
Harry went and hung his hat up, without replying.
“Come upstairs and take your hat off,” said Mrs. Goodall to Fanny, almost kindly. It would have annoyed her very much if Fanny had dropped her son at this moment.
“What’s ’er say, then?” asked the father secretly of Harry, jerking his head in the direction of the stairs whence Fanny had disappeared.
“Nowt yet,” said Harry.
“Serve you right if she chucks you now,” said Jinny. “I’ll bet it’s right about Annie Nixon an’ you.”
“Tha bets so much,” said Harry.