BESIDE HIM.
SQUIRE calls:--"Jone, come here and take in Duffy Chygwin, who is come
down to help thee knit and spin, give her some bread and cheese, and
beer: dost thou hear?"
Squire rides off.
JONE comes out, and says:--"Oh, Duffy, my dear, I am glad to see thee
here, for I want help sorely ever since that villain, Tom Chynance, put
out the sight of my eye because I seed his thievish tricks in stealing
from the standings one night in Penzance."
JONE tells us a long story which we omit, as it can be found in the
first series of _Traditions and Hearth-side Stories of West
Cornwall_.[1] She concludes by saying, "Now you needn't eat any bread
and cheese, as dinner will be ready soon. You can go up to the loft
whenever you please and card wool to spin in the afternoon."