“Is he a big man, sir?” she asked.
Sue interposed quickly.
“Not as big as Master French, I reckon,” she said defiantly.
The man laughed.
“Big as French?” he said. “Lord! he ain’t no bigger than you, Anny.”
“Oh!” the two girls looked at one another and laughed.
“Marry, I reckon he’s a devil without horns then, Master Granger,” said Sue.
Granger spat before he spoke again.
“I don’t know about horns, Mistress,” he said, “but I reckon his knife is good enough for him—ah, and for me, too, for that matter,” he added.
Anny laughed again.