human
I can't bear it, he said.
gpt
It is too horrible. Might hev been me, and what would my poor lass do? Hickathrift, mun, the villain who does all this must be found out.
human
Ay, farmer, but how?
gpt
I don't know how, said the farmer, gazing from one to the other.
human
I on'y know it must be done. If I'd gone on this morning I might have found out something, but I went back.
gpt
I've been straange and fidgety ever since my fire, continued the farmer;
human
You saw that?
gpt
Ay, lad, I saw that, said the farmer, rubbing his hands together softly;
human
What, out on the watter?
gpt
Yes, my lad; out on the watter, said the farmer;
human
And did you see it, mester?
gpt
Nay, my lad. I went on and on as quietly as I could go, and round the reed-bed, but all was as quiet as could be.
human
Didn't you see the poont?
gpt
What punt?
human
Poont o' him as hed the light, I meant,
gpt
Nay, not a sign of it, said Farmer Tallington;
human
You might, mebbe,