Adders On the Heath
“'I don't know as I can. You see, I shut the door quick as I could 'cos I was scared. I always 'ave been scared of knocks on the door at night, without I knows who to expect.' 'Very natural, in a lonely house such as this. How long have you worked here?' 'I come here last March twelvemonth. Oh, I do 'ope the master won't bawl me out, but it was missus as changed what I was to say.' 'Is your home in the village?' 'No. I comes from t' other side the common, from the Children's 'Ome over there.' 'I... see. Well, thank you, Myrtle. Oh, there is just one more thing. I suppose you didn't happen to notice what the time was when this young man called?' 'Not to speak of it in the witness-box like.' It was clear that Myrtle already saw herself in a prominent position in court. 'Still, we'd had our supper, which is nine o'clock by Cook's alarm, and I'd finished washing-up which Cook won't never allow no dirty crocks to wait over till the morning, but we hadn't ack'chelly gone to bed, although I'd done me curlers so I suppose it would have been about ten o'clock when he come.' This tallied reasonably well with Richardson's own story.MoreLess
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