hersen. Aw dooant know ha' fowk manage 'ats allus gaddin' abaght, aw
declare if aw ammut' allus slavin' at it, aw connot keep things
nowt-bit-like straight. Drabbit it! ('at aw should say sich a word)
ther's Betty comin' agean! Aw'd rayther be stranspoorted to Botny Bay
nor be as aw am. Ther's hardly a minnit but what ther's somdy o' th'
doorstun!"

Betty coom in smilin' all over her face. "Nah!" shoo says, "aw've
managed, an' aw've come ta see if tha'll goa wi' us, for Susy's baan up
th' street to buy a staylace, an' aw thowt aw'd just goa an' get th'
stink blown off, for aw've cawered i' this yard woll aw'm feear'd awst
grow maald. Put thi bonnet on, an' goa wi' us, we'st be back i' gooid
time."

"Aw could like to goa, but aw've soa mich to do woll aw hardly dar, for
woll aw wor talkin' to thee an' Susy this fornooin, th' fire went aght,
an' when Dick an' th' childer coom hooam ther wornt a bit o' dinner for
'em."

"Well, awm capt, 'at tha'll bother wi' cookin' 'em dinners. Aw allus let
awrs tak' ther jock wi' em, it saves a deal o' trouble, an' aw say a
woman's wark enuff, shoo haddles owt shoo gets, an' if we dunnot luk
aght for ussen noabody else will for us. But please thisen, if tha
doesn't tha darn't."

"Oh! as to that, aw dar goa, but aw've nowt to goa for, an' lots o' wark
at hooam. Aw think aw'd rayther nut."

"Well, tha'll get noa better on for cawering ith' haase like a moldwarp.
But aw mun goa, for Susy's waitin'." Away went Betty, an' Zantippa
ommost rued 'at shoo hadn't goan too: but it wor nobbut for a minit, for
shoo teed her apron string a bit tighter, tuck'd up her sleeves, pooled
in a long breath, an' as shoo said, "began ta make a sidashun."

Nah, if iver yo' want a chap to study a bit, an' resolve to mend his
ways, let him be quiet; but if iver yo' want a woman to start o'
thinkin' an' resolvin', let her have summat to do. If a woman sits quiet
shoo begins to mump. Aw niver hardly met a woman 'at could sit daan
quietly for five minits withaat sighin' two or three times; they think
an' think, an' sigh, an' shake ther heeads, an' if they're let alooan
they manage to wark thersen inta a bad temper abaght summat, but what
that is, aw've never met one 'at could tell. Zantippa didn't sit daan
an' mump, but up stairs shoo went an' made th' beds, an' a rare shakin'
they gat, for shoo wor just ful o' summat an' shoo mud vent her feelins
someway.

Women have a deal better way o'managin' that sooart