Valentine took no notice, but went on. "And the parson feels uneasy about you, and so do I. I wish you would try to forget what is written down in the book, and try to remember what you really saw; you must have been quite a young girl then. Well, tell me how you got up very early in the morning, almost before it was light, and tell what you saw, however much it was, or however little; and if you are not quite sure on the whole that you saw anything at all, tell that, and you will have a right to hope that you shall be forgiven."
"I'n can't put it in fine words."
"No, and there is no need."
"Would 'e believe it, if I told it as true as I could?"
"Yes, I would."
"I will, then, as I hope to be saved."
"I mean to stand your friend, whatever you say, and I know how hard it is to own a lie.'
"Ay, that it be, and God knows I'n told a many."
"Well, I ask you, then, as in the sight of God, is this one of them?"
"No, sir. It ain't."