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Rh T' Askes hev been in Airedale since King Stephen's time, and nobody iver got the better of them yet."

"Wheniver there is a Job in trouble, he'll find plenty of thy kind o' comforters. Let me alone, Ben. I hev done right, and I know it."

"Thou hes done wrong, and thou knows it. Go thee after Aske, and make friends with him; and send Madame Aske to her proper place, and save thysen and iverybody round thee lots o' sorrow and shame."

"Dost ta think I'm such a coward as that?"

"Nay, but it would be t' bravest thing iver thou did. And I tell thee, coward or no coward, thou can't fight Anthony Aske."

"I'll try to, anyway. So now, Ben, be quiet with thee. Thou can be a wise man, and a brave man, if ta wants to, and look out for thysen."

"Thou knows better than that. Thou knows I'll stick to thee, right or wrong, good or bad, to, t' varry last."