`` Why , who the murrain should this be ? Here is no Joanna , nor ever hath been . What meaneth it ? '' Matcham was silent . He seemed to have drawn further away . But only a little faint starlight entered by the window , and at the far end of the apartment , where the pair were , the darkness was complete . `` Jack , '' said Dick , `` I wot not where ye were all day . Saw ye this Joanna ? '' `` Nay , '' returned Matcham , `` I saw her not . '' `` Nor heard tell of her ? '' he pursued . The steps drew nearer . Sir Daniel was still roaring the name of Joanna from the courtyard . `` Did ye hear of her ? '' repeated Dick . `` I heard of her , '' said Matcham . `` How your voice twitters ! What aileth you ? '' said Dick . '' 'T is a most excellent good fortune , this Joanna ; it will take their minds from us . ''
`` Dick , '' cried XXXXX , `` I am lost ; we are both lost .
Daniel Dick Jack Joanna Matcham aileth day meaneth murrain twitters