human
Ay, mester, we _all_ tumbled out, and went away down to the gaats as soon as we'd tumbled out, and they're all knocked down and the water in.
gpt
Knocked down!
human
Ay, cried another of the men,
gpt
Come along! said the engineer.
human
Two of you run on first and get lanthorns.
gpt
Who's that?
human
Me, lad, me, came back in the thick hearty voice of the wheelwright.
gpt
What's amiss?
human
I was straange and fast asleep, he said,
gpt
Ay, bud it wakkened me, neighbour, said Dave, who was busy administering to himself a pill.
human
I've slep' badly since I had that last touch of ager, and I thowt some un was broosting in the wall, and as soon as I jumped up and looked out, the plaace seemed alive, for all the birds in the fen were flying round and round, and you could hear their wings whistling as they flew away. I was scarred.