"She's home, fast enough!"
"She was brought home by a quarryman yesterday morning."
It was the habit of these people to talk all at the same time, so that it required a shrewd listener to understand them.
But there seemed so large an interest at stake in their present communications, that Mr. Berners understood even more than was intended.
"Miss Tabby saved?" he echoed.
"Yes, sir," answered a score of voices.
"And who with her?"
"No one as we know's on, sir."
"No one?"
"No, sir."