An , she 'd lie awake -- listenin ' for calls , she said . ' ` That do n't prove naught , ' said Tom . ` All Marsh folk has been smugglers since time everlastin ' . ` Twould be in her blood to listen out o ' nights . ' ` Nature-ally , ' old Hobden replied , smiling . ' I mind when there was smugglin ' a sight nearer us than what the Marsh be . But that was n't my woman 's trouble . 'T was a passel o ' no-sense talk ' -- he dropped his voice -- ` about Pharisees . ' ` Yes . I 've heard Marsh men belieft in 'em . ' Tom looked straight at the wide-eyed children beside Bess . ` Pharisees , ' cried Una . ` Fairies ? Oh , I see ! ' ` People o ' the Hills , ' said the Bee Boy , throwing half of his potato towards the door . ` There you be ! ' said Hobden , pointing at him . My boy -- he has her eyes and her out-gate sense . That 's what she called 'em ! ' ` And what did you think of it all ? '
` Um -- um , ' XXXXX rumbled . '
Bess Hobden Pharisees Tom Una belieft listenin nights passel smugglin