“Astha seen annything afore?”
“Aye, three times I’ve seen ’im.”
“Is it that ’as scared thee?”
“’Oo tawled ’ee I was scared?”
“I knawed. Because nowt can ’appen to thee but I maun knaw it.”
“What dostha think, Dorsy?”
“I think tha needna be scared, Steve. ’E’s a kind ghawst. Whatever ’e is ’e doan’t mean thee no ’arm. T’ owd gentleman navver did when he was alive.”
“Didn’ ’e? Didn’ ’e? ’E served me the woorst turn ’e could when ’e coomed between thee and me.”
“Whatever makes ’ee think that, lad?”
“I doan’ think it. I know.”