Maid.—My mother is alive, sir, but my father is dead.
Myself.—Where does your mother live?
Maid.—At Dinas, sir.
Myself.—How does she support herself?
Maid.—By letting lodgings to miners, sir.
Myself.—Are the miners quiet lodgers?
Maid.—Not always, sir; sometimes they get up at night and fight with each other.
Myself.—What does your mother do on those occasions?
Maid.—She draws the quilt over her head, and says her prayers, sir.
Myself.—Why doesn’t she get up and part them?