"Did you do it?"
"Yes 'm," replied 'Lisbeth, trying to look as though nothing had happened. "I didn't think anybody tended 'm."
"What did you do it for?"
"To give 'm air," replied 'Lisbeth. "Please 'm may Susan Jordan put this string in my shoe, it won't never go in?"
"Come here this moment, you improper child!" said Miss Pritchet.
'Lisbeth dropped her shoe-string and cowered up to Miss Pritchet like a startled dove.
"Didn't you know better?"
"No 'm, I never did."
"You will!"
"Will I? I want to know as much as I can," said 'Lisbeth.