'Edward, I am sure, thinks as I do.'
'Gospel?'
'Do not be irreverent.'
'I dunna think you know what Ed'ard thinks as well as me.'
'Don't say "dunna," Hazel. Of course, I know what Edward thinks a great deal better than you. I've known him all his life.'
Afterwards, when Mrs. Marston was not in the room, Martha said in her contemptuous tones:
'I s'pose you know, Mrs. Ed'ard, how he's going on?'
'Who?'
'Why, that Mr. Reddin.'
'What's he done?'