"I bain't gwine 'av nothing to do with 'ee. I wouldn't 'ave 'ee for the
world." Taking up one of the butter pats she began mechanically shaping
the mass.
"What's the matter with me that you won't 'av nothing to do with me?"
Straightening himself, he opened out unusually broad shoulders and the
candlelight revealed a face of black shadows and strong saliences. How
strong, how ruthless, how confident he looked! Gray felt her old fear
returning, she could not believe that this strange man would be held in
check by any of the received standards.
"You'm married and old enough to be my father."