George Manville Fenn
"The Man with a Shadow"
Chapter One.
The Curate Grows Suspicious; and Takes his Stick.
“Do what, miss?” said Dally Watlock. “That! There, you did it again.”
“La, miss; I on’y thought my face might be a bit smudgy, and I wiped it.”
“Don’t tell me a falsehood, Dally. I know what it means. You felt guilty, and your face burned.”
“La, miss; I don’t know what you mean.”