Let be that; there’s some o’ th’ bad as we

Like better nor all your good, an’ ’e was one.

—An’ cos I liked him best, yi, bett’r nor thee,

I canna bide to think where he is gone.

Ah know tha liked ’im bett’r nor me. But let

Me tell thee about this lass. When you had gone

Ah stopped behind on t’ pad i’ th’ drippin wet

An’ watched what ’er ’ad on.

Tha should ha’ seed her slive up when we’d gone, [p. xliii]

Tha should ha’ seed her kneel an’ look in