` But settin ' that aside ? ' said Tom , coaxingly . ' I saw ye throw the Good Piece out-at-doors just now . Do ye believe or -- do ye ? ' ` There was a great black eye to that tater , ' said Hobden indignantly . ` My liddle eye did n't see un , then . It looked as if you meant it for -- for Any One that might need it . But settin ' that aside , d'ye believe or -- do ye ? ' ' I ai n't sayin ' nothin ' , because I 've heard naught , an ' I 've see naught . But if you was to say there was more things after dark in the shaws than men , or fur , or feather , or fin , I dunno as I 'd go far about to call you a liar . Now turnagain , Tom . What 's your say ? ' ` I 'm like you . I say nothin ' . But I 'll tell you a tale , an ' you can fit it as how you please . ' ` Passel o ' no-sense stuff , ' growled Hobden , but he filled his pipe . ` The Marsh men they call it Dymchurch Flit , ' Tom went on slowly . ` Hap you have heard it ? ' ` My woman she 've told it me scores o ' times . Dunno as I did n't end by belieftin ' it -- sometimes . '
XXXXX crossed over as he spoke , and sucked with his pipe at the yellow lanthorn flame .
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