“To think I’d live to see a real live hearse!” shrilly exclaimed old Annie Dalben.
“It’s a fine smart present, it is,” said Howell Roberts, “an’ there wouldn’t no one else ’a’ thought of it except Griffith Griffiths.”
“It’ll be pretty and tasty with mournin’, now won’t it!” commented Gwen Williams.
“It’s a pity Jane Jones and Jane Wynne’s too sick to be here an’ see it when they’re likely to have first chance at it!” declared Olwyn Evans.
“It’ll be fine for the first as is buried in it,” nodded Ellen Roberts wistfully.
“It’ll be an honour,” assented old Annie Dalben.
IV
Bryn Tirion sees a Lighted Candle of the Dead and a Contest
“The doctor from Tremadoc has been called in,” remarked Betty.
“Has he so!” replied Griffiths, toasting his feet before the fire and eyeing the smiling cats benevolently. “He’s a clever young man.”